There is an an going case against this guy by the family of a deceased programmer from florida who is supposedly to be the real satoshi nakamoto or part of the original early developers. The family charge Craig of committing fraud and trying to steal the Bitcoins of the dead bitcoin developer.

If there is a pending case which relates to the ownership of these bitcoins which supposedly owned by Satoshi Nakamoto then I don't see his Patent application can move forward.

Moreover some of the BTC addresses that Craig claimed to be his was signed by another person via the blockchain saying that That very address is not him.

The thing is I strongly believe that Satoshi Nakamoto is not one person and if he is Bitcoin was born not solely of one person's effort but by the effort of bitcoin community developers.

If in an extra ordinary event that he is the inventor of Bitcoin perhaps he can be held partly liable of all crimes related to bitcoin. He wants power over it then he should have accountability for its use.