"Open science is defined as pertaining to (1) accessibility and reusability of *outcomes* as well as (2) the opening up of the *process* of knowledge creation and as well as (3) *public engagement*: open science is defined as pertaining to accessibility and reusability of *outcomes* as well as the opening up of the *process* of knowledge creation and as well as *public engagement*. Therefore, (a) any attempt to push any of these issues against each other is a trick; (b) patents have nothing to do with open science. https://is.gd/gI6l3T