It's the government itself. Despite their practically total command of the resources of the modern mind, since they endow what must be 70 percent of all research grants and have the funds to contract any research group to do their problems, they don't know what to think or what to do with what they do know. Of course I don't know what they know or don't know. But I do know they have kept what they know very secret, and I also know that if you keep a thing secret it eats your heart out. There is a bit of confusion on this subject and it's worth digression.
People tend to think of patents as secrets and guarded.
True, the owner of the patent has exclusive right to the sale of inventions based on the patent, but without the patent no one would know who owns what. It's similar to the title to a property. If I sell you a house you went to be sure I own the house before you buy it. Companies to whom inventors want to sell their ideas are well advised to make sure the inventor has patented his idea before showing it to them. Otherwise he may be selling them something that doesn't belong to him.