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8-Year-Old Receives Patent

Posted by samzenpus on from the young-inventor-society dept.

Knile writes "While not the youngest patent recipient ever (that would be a four year old in Texas), Bryce Gunderman has received a patent at age 8 for a space-saver that combines an outlet cover plate with a shelf. From the article: '"I thought how I was going to make a lot of money," Bryce said about what raced through his brain when he received the patent.'"

3 of 142 comments (clear)

  1. Re:wtf by Arancaytar · · Score: 5, Insightful

    These things have been available for years.

    When has that ever stopped a patent?

  2. What's in a number? by geegel · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The age seems pretty irrelevant. He actually invented an useful contraption, which he intends to produce and sell. This is actually a patent working as it should.

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  3. Re:so sad by HaZardman27 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It pains me to see an adult (I'm assuming) get so butt-hurt about an 8 year-old succeeding that they'll whine this much about so-called "vile behavior." He didn't come up with this design to save the freaking world, he recognized his father's problem and then realized he could make money for solving it. Do you go to work every day for free?

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