>If your only purpose is to try generate a defensive patent, then just
>dumping the idea in the public domain serves the same purpose, probably
>better.
>
>I have a few patents, some of which are defensive. That has not prevented
>the USPTO issuing quite a few patents that are in clear violation of
mine.
That's not what a defensive patent is. Indeed, patenting something just
so someone else can't patent it is ridiculous, because publishing is so
much easier.
A defensive patent is one you file so that you can trade rights to it for
rights to other patents that you need.
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