That certainly may happen. It would be a good idea to do a prior art (patents and patent application) search yourself at the US Patent Office (USPTO site or Google patents site) just to make sure there is nothing obvious first. You might find out someone applied for a patent from someone who responds to your idea. There are a number of things that could happen (all good):
1. Someone could find prior art and post it here,
2. If the patent hasn’t issued then the prior art could be sent to the patent office for consideration
3. As a result of your effort the patent may not be allowed because of prior art found and posted here. This could happen for existing patent applications.
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