You only have to wait for patent pending status before you start using it, not after you have been granted it
https://www.upcounsel.com/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-a-patent-pending-statusBut patent pending is one to three years according to this. So we can't get the mainnet online this year? And wouldn't that just prove that it's vaporware until 2019-2021? :/
It seems that both company registration and patent pending / approval will take up to a year. So i'm just wondering how we will be able to get the mainnet online quickly without going open-sourced.