Patent

1. the official legal exclusive right to make or sell an invention for a set period of time 2. easily recognizable; obvious 3. open and unobstructed; failing to close; exposed; typically used in the medical context to describe a vessel, duct, or aperture Note: originates from the Latin patere, which means 'to lay open'

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Personal computer maker Lenovo on Thursday asked a California court to dismiss its lawsuit that accused rival Asus' laptops of infringing a variety of patents.

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Lenovo ends US patent lawsuit over Asus laptops https://reut.rs/479qMOg

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WE’VE BEEN HERE BEFORE

WE’VE BEEN HERE BEFORE

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Even START had a barcode.

Lowell Carpenter's 1982 microwave patent proposed scanning a food package for cooking instructions, then scanning START on the oven.

You already rang up dinner. Now ring it up again.

Patent & drawings: USPTO

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