He couldn't patent it. His organization, the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis might have been able to patent it (and they looked into doing so), but since nearly 80 million people donated money to the organization to fund the research (March of Dimes), it would have been untenable.
RecoveringGrocer on February 23rd, 2018 at 11:52 UTC »
Nowadays, some corporate entity would just jump on the chance instead, patent it and raise the price 300%.
Ms-Anthrop on February 23rd, 2018 at 11:59 UTC »
My elementary school was named after him.
Couldawg on February 23rd, 2018 at 13:27 UTC »
He couldn't patent it. His organization, the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis might have been able to patent it (and they looked into doing so), but since nearly 80 million people donated money to the organization to fund the research (March of Dimes), it would have been untenable.