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by codersfocus 998 days ago
Apparently this site patented itself. What a sad state of affairs that they give patents out like candy. I feel like the governent patent agents are the lowest hanging fruit of things to change. Get rid of them and have private "bondsmen" that are responsible for every patent, where they need to have (average cost of patent litigation) * N held somewhere and it's ripe for the taking if they fail to defend it in court.

https://patents.google.com/patent/US8682917B2/en