Ask HN: Do Companies Hire `Inventors`?

I&#x27;m currently a software engineer. I am not fulfilled by it. It does afford my family and I a very comfortable living, however, in the satisfaction sense I got zero.<p>I used to work with software patents in the past, as a Researcher digging evidence for patent lawyers. I know how they work and I can do searches quickly (searches to figure out if such a thing has been done). Also, ever since I&#x27;ve been a child. I always think of ideas, in any way shape or form. Most of the time I hate reading and learning how it is supposed to be learnt, and I try to learn it by myself by playing with it. This sometimes (however slightly) leads to unusual and unique approaches and solutions.<p>My current company pays $1k for each patent filing. So far I got 1 (I&#x27;m working on another one currently, I also have one published Software Paper from my masters thesis). I gotta say, it feels pretty good to get an Invention on your name. I&#x27;m not gonna get any royalties cause company claims everything, but regardless, I feel worthy. A feeling which I never experience when my code is deployed and it is doing what it is supposed to do.<p>Is someone out there hiring Inventors a.k.a Serial Patent Filers for the sake of increasing Intellectual Property or for researching new market entry points or expansions?<p>At this stage in my career I have realized that I do not get any satisfaction from my work as a Software Engineer and I do not enjoy the usualness of the day-to-day life.<p>I would like something that I could do wildly; something that would be super chaotic but with possible success, and where I could work from anywhere, and get ideas about the most random possible things, and put them in paper to make them official ``Inventions``.<p>If you know of any such companies or roles - I would greatly appreciate you sharing them with me. May the good of the world find you!<p>Cheers!