Numlock News: May 13, 2021 • Entry Level, Telescopes, Pets
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By Walt Hickey Patents The U.S. Patent Office issued patent 11,000,000 on Tuesday, a nice round number that has obviously stirred up a crackpot conspiracy theory that I now 100 percent genuinely, personally, believe — it’s way too good to be false. Here’s what’s up: Patent #11,000,000 went to a spiffy heart valve, an innovative prosthetic that is the very definition of high-tech innovation. A little too cute, you know? This is particularly of note because the heart valve is unlike patent 10,999,999 and patent 11,000,001 which are each patents for soybeans. In fact, the heart valve busts what would otherwise be a streak of six soybean patents, and an even longer streak of agricultural patents like new beans, tomatoes, corn and sorghum. Did some patent clerk treat the American patent system like a 4chan thread and attempt to score a
Numlock News: May 13, 2021 • Entry Level, Telescopes, Pets
Numlock News: May 13, 2021 • Entry Level…
Numlock News: May 13, 2021 • Entry Level, Telescopes, Pets
By Walt Hickey Patents The U.S. Patent Office issued patent 11,000,000 on Tuesday, a nice round number that has obviously stirred up a crackpot conspiracy theory that I now 100 percent genuinely, personally, believe — it’s way too good to be false. Here’s what’s up: Patent #11,000,000 went to a spiffy heart valve, an innovative prosthetic that is the very definition of high-tech innovation. A little too cute, you know? This is particularly of note because the heart valve is unlike patent 10,999,999 and patent 11,000,001 which are each patents for soybeans. In fact, the heart valve busts what would otherwise be a streak of six soybean patents, and an even longer streak of agricultural patents like new beans, tomatoes, corn and sorghum. Did some patent clerk treat the American patent system like a 4chan thread and attempt to score a