In my field this is less given, because the kind of result we get is not
really patentable: In Europe a patent not only takes five to ten years to be obtained, but also costs about 25,000 euros, and developments we do have very fast processes.
While time consuming and labour intensive, many times I find that this is where we can
really elucidate the
patentable features of an invention and develop a story of why an invention is truly unique.