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- Microsoft patent: Creating a conversational chat bot of a specific person http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?OS=PN%2F10853717&RS=PN%2F10853717&Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&f=G&l=50&p=1&r=1&s1=10853717.PN.&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm 78 comments
- Method and system for shockwave attenuation via electromagnetic arc http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?OS=PN%2F8981261&RS=PN%2F8981261&Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&f=G&l=50&p=1&r=1&s1=8981261.PN.&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm 9 comments
- Google Awarded Driverless Vehicle Patent http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?OS=PN%2F8%2C078%2C349&RS=PN%2F8%2C078%2C349&Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&f=G&l=50&p=1&r=1&s1=8%2C078%2C349.PN.&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm 95 comments
- Apple granted patent on wireless ordering "in the vicinity of an establishment" http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?OS=8%2C072%2C956&RS=8%2C072%2C956&Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&co1=AND&d=PTXT&f=G&l=50&p=1&r=1&s1=8%2C072%2C956&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html 4 comments
- Disney just awarded a Patent for virtual world simulator https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?OS=PN%2F11210843&RS=PN%2F11210843&Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&f=G&l=50&p=1&r=1&s1=11210843.PN.&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm 49 comments stocks
- Blackberry granted new US patent titled "Method and system for trailer tracking and inventory management" - $BB up 6% already today https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&%3BOS=20211019&%3BRS=20211019&%3BS1=20211019&%3BSect2=HITOFF&%3Bd=PTXT&%3Bf=G&%3Bl=50&%3Bp=57&%3Br=2803&%3Bu=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htm 297 comments wallstreetbets
- Magnification Effect on Plank Dock https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7,434,177.PN.&OS=PN/7,434,177&RS=PN/7,434,177 5 comments elementaryos
- Orphazyme (United States Patent: 11045460) https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&%3BOS=orphazyme&%3BRS=orphazyme&%3BSect2=HITOFF&%3Bco1=AND&%3Bd=PTXT&%3Bf=G&%3Bl=50&%3Bp=1&%3Br=1&%3Bs1=orphazyme&%3Bu=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html 10 comments wallstreetbets
- Palantir Granted U.S. Patent Titled 'Malicious activity detection system capable of efficiently processing data accessed from databases and generating alerts for display in interactive user interfaces' https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=3373&f=G&l=50&d=PTXT&p=68&S1=20210629&OS=20210629&RS=20210629 28 comments wallstreetbets
- US Navy granted Cold Fusion patent http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-parser?sect1=pto2&sect2=hitoff&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fpto%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=g&l=50&co1=and&d=ptxt&s1=%22excess+enthalpy+upon+pressurization+nanosized+metals+deuterium%22.ti.&os=ttl/ 19 comments science
- U.S. Patent Issued Today for "Fluid Heater." Notwithstanding the blasé title, this could become one of the most important patents of the century. http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=9115913.PN.&OS=PN/9115913&RS=PN/9115913 182 comments technology
- Boeing has patented a flying drone that turns into a submarine. http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-parser?sect1=pto1&sect2=hitoff&d=pall&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fpto%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=g&l=50&s1=9,010,678.pn.&os=pn/9,010,678&rs=pn/9,010,678 9 comments technology
- Time-series database is now patented http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-parser?sect1=pto2&sect2=hitoff&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fpto%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=g&l=50&co1=and&d=ptxt&s1=9087098.pn.&os=pn/9087098&rs=pn/9087098 38 comments programming
- Google patents wearable "user odor detection device". When you stink, it will emmit deodorant and route you around your friends. http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-parser?sect1=pto2&sect2=hitoff&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fpto%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=g&l=50&co1=and&d=ptxt&s1=8%2C950%2C238&os=8%2C950%2C238&rs=8%2C950%2C238 26 comments technology
- Details of Today's post on RSS's cow urine. http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=%22Kamdhenu+Ark%22&OS= 26 comments india
- In flight system to remove hijackers - drop them through a trapdoor to a packaging bay and parachute them to earth to be picked up by waiting police. http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-parser?sect1=pto1&sect2=hitoff&d=pall&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fpto%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=g&l=50&s1=3811643.pn.&os=pn/3811643&rs=pn/3811643 14 comments technology
- TIL Apple patented a 'kill switch' for devices. Section 2. "Covert police or government operations may require complete "blackout" conditions" http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-parser?sect1=pto2&sect2=hitoff&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fpto%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=36&p=1&f=g&l=50&d=ptxt&s1=%2820120828.pd.+and+apple.asnm.%29&os=isd/20120828+and+an/apple&rs=%28isd/20120828+and+an/apple%29 21 comments politics
- Google Patents Profit-Maximizing Dynamic Pricing http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-parser?sect1=pto1&sect2=hitoff&d=pall&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fpto%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=g&l=50&s1=8,260,657.pn.&os=pn/8,260,657&rs=pn/8,260,657 3 comments technology
- Apple patent could remotely disable protesters' phone cameras http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-parser?sect1=pto2&sect2=hitoff&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fpto%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=36&p=1&f=g&l=50&d=ptxt&s1=(20120828.pd.+and+apple.asnm.)&os=isd/20120828+and+an/apple&rs=(isd/20120828+and+an/apple) 426 comments technology
- United States Patent: 4177779 http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-parser?sect1=pto1&sect2=hitoff&d=pall&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fpto%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=g&l=50&s1=4177779.pn.&os=pn/4177779&rs=pn/4177779 41 comments technology
- In another sign of the need for patent reform, IBM awarded patent for out-of-office notifications for half days http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-parser?sect1=pto1&sect2=hitoff&d=pall&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fpto%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=g&l=50&s1=8,095,941.pn.&os=pn/8,095,941&rs=pn/8,095,941 4 comments technology
- Long awaited "Avoid Ghetto" feature is on the horizon! (US Patent 8090532 by Microsoft) http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-parser?sect1=pto1&sect2=hitoff&d=pall&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fpto%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=g&l=50&s1=8,090,532.pn.&os=pn/8,090,532&rs=pn/8,090,532 11 comments technology
- Google Awarded Driverless Vehicle Patent http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-parser?sect1=pto1&sect2=hitoff&d=pall&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fpto%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=g&l=50&s1=8,078,349.pn.&os=pn/8,078,349&rs=pn/8,078,349 31 comments technology
- Today the 8 millionth US Patent was awarded. A camera embedded in a pair of glasses that sends impulses to neural tissue in the eye. http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-parser?sect1=pto1&sect2=hitoff&d=pall&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fpto%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=g&l=50&s1=8000000.pn.&os=pn/8000000&rs=pn/8000000 240 comments science
- Apple patents retail payment card transactions on mobile devices http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-parser?sect1=pto2&sect2=hitoff&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fpto%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=14&f=g&l=50&co1=and&d=ptxt&s1=apple.asnm.&os=an/apple&rs=an/apple 3 comments apple
- United States Patent: 5893120: This is the one that threatens the Linux kernel http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-parser?sect1=pto1&sect2=hitoff&d=pall&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fpto%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=g&l=50&s1=5,893,120.pn.&os=pn/5,893,120&rs=pn/5,893,120 65 comments programming
- How can the USPTO possibly justify awarding facebook this patent? http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-parser?sect1=pto2&sect2=hitoff&p=1&u=/netahtml/pto/search-bool.html&r=1&f=g&l=50&co1=and&d=ptxt&s1=facebook&os=facebook&rs=facebook 8 comments technology
- MS patents word-processing documents stored in a single XML file http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-parser?sect1=pto1&sect2=hitoff&d=pall&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fpto%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=g&l=50&s1=7,571,169.pn.&os=pn/7,571,169&rs=pn/7,571,169 19 comments technology
- New Microsoft patent: a consumer initially purchases a computer with restricted functionality. . . Subsequently, the user can, at an additional cost, acquire a digital key that allows the restrictions to be removed http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-parser?sect1=pto1&sect2=hitoff&d=pall&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fpto%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=g&l=50&s1=7,536,726.pn.&os=pn/7,536,726&rs=pn/7,536,726 3 comments programming
- Apple Awarded Patent For iPhone Interface http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-parser?sect1=pto2&sect2=hitoff&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fpto%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=g&l=50&co1=and&d=ptxt&s1=multi-touch&s2=multitouch&os=multi-touch+and+multitouch&rs=multi-touch+and+multitouch 7 comments apple
- IBM patents trim() http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-parser?sect1=pto1&sect2=hitoff&d=pall&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fpto%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=g&l=50&s1=7,475,086.pn.&os=pn/7,475,086&rs=pn/7,475,086 222 comments programming
- U.S. Government owns a patent for certain medical uses for Cannabinoids, yet classifies Cannabinoids as a Schedule 1 drug (having no accepted medical use). http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-parser?sect1=pto1&sect2=hitoff&d=pall&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fpto%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=g&l=50&s1=6630507.pn.&os=pn/6630507&rs=pn/6630507 5 comments politics
- Out of their fucking minds? IBM gets patent on baric arithmetic operations (yes! plus, minus, divided by...) http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-parser?sect1=pto1&sect2=hitoff&d=pall&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fpto%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=g&l=50&s1=7,457,767.pn.&os=pn/7,457,767&rs=pn/7,457,767 4 comments reddit.com
- Microsoft patents censorship of audio data http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-parser?sect1=pto1&sect2=hitoff&d=pall&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fpto%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=g&l=50&s1=7,437,290.pn.&os=pn/7,437,290&rs=pn/7,437,290 4 comments reddit.com
- US Patent 7,415,666: Method and system for navigating paginated content in page-based increments http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-parser?sect1=pto1&sect2=hitoff&d=pall&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fpto%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=g&l=50&s1=7,415,666.pn.&os=pn/7,415,666&rs=pn/7,415,666 102 comments programming
- Patented: "Delivery of any type of information to anyone anytime anywhere" (w/ pics) http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-parser?sect1=pto2&sect2=hitoff&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fpto%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=3&f=g&l=50&d=ptxt&p=1&p=1&s1=winery&os=winery&rs=winery 55 comments business
- US Patent 7033406: The EEStor ceramic ultracapacitor with a claimed energy density 10 times that of a lead-acid battery. Vroom vroom? http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-parser?sect1=pto1&sect2=hitoff&d=pall&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fpto%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=g&l=50&s1=7033406.pn.&os=pn/7033406&rs=pn/7033406 109 comments science
- Amazon patents customized smart 404 pages http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-parser?sect1=pto1&sect2=hitoff&d=pall&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fpto%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=g&l=50&s1=7,325,045.pn.&os=pn/7,325,045&rs=pn/7,325,045 5 comments reddit.com
- Patent Cure For AIDS (Since 1997)? http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-parser?sect1=pto2&sect2=hitoff&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fpto%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=7&f=g&l=50&co1=and&d=ptxt&s1=5676977&os=5676977&rs=5676977 10 comments reddit.com
- Penn's (of Penn & Teller) Sexual Patent http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-parser?sect1=pto1&sect2=hitoff&d=pall&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fpto%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=g&l=50&s1=5920923.pn.&os=pn/5920923&rs=pn/5920923 6 comments reddit.com