there isn't any historical precedent for that to be true, in fact the opposite seems to be correct. for instance the power of steam engines started increasing only after the wells patent expired, the technology remaining stagnant for the duration of the patent.  if patents were abolished the drug companies would be incentivised to constantly one up each other and push out new drugs (to capitalise on the brief monopoly it would grant them) instead of sitting on a single drug for a thousand years. competition breeds innovation.
Poland