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by everybodyknows
3076 days ago
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The beauty of the patent is that it will never be tested, being of no practical value, for numerous reasons already mentioned in other comments, plus a few more not worth the bother of going into. So the inventor gets a patent number for his LinkedIn profile, and USPTO get their fee, and that's the end of it.
A win-win for all involved. Earlier HN discussion of the phenomenon:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16015371 |
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Patents like this have "threat value", which is often happily exploited by "IP monetization" companies, contingent law firms, etc.
This is the kind of stuff that turns into 100x $50k settlement demands.