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Companies Asked to Donate Unused Patents

Posted by Hemos on from the bring-out-yer-dead dept.

Radon360 writes "There are countless patents that are promising but sitting idle, stowed in the corporate file room. In fact, about 90 percent to 95 percent of all patents are idle. Countless patents sit unused when companies decide not to develop them into products. Now, not-for-profit groups and state governments are asking companies to donate dormant patents so they can be passed to local entrepreneurs who try to build businesses out of them. "

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  1. Hmmm by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is good. I was wondering what I was gonna do with my peanut-butter-powered horse launcher.

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    1. Re:Hmmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      I was wondering what I was gonna do with my peanut-butter-powered horse launcher.

      I'll bet McGuyver can claim prior art

  2. Re:much funnier by teh_chrizzle · · Score: 2, Funny

    anything is funny when you substitute the word pants:

    • ask not what your pants can do for you. ask what you can do for your pants.
    • i want pants for the full expression of my personality.
    • god is pants.
    • he is ill clothed that is bare of pants.
    • friends, nobles, countrymen, lend me your pants.
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  3. Redundant, I know... by chihowa · · Score: 2, Funny

    Don't worry, I've got step three all figured out: Step 3: ???

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