What? Patents have been a non-issue for LFP batteries, and the original LFP patents are almost useless today. All the new advances that made LFPs competitive are still well-protected by patents, for at least another decade.
So, mass switch-over to electric cars is delayed for a decade or two.
What makes you say they've been a non-issue?
As far as I'm aware they've been an issue (outside of China) for the last 20 years.