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USPTO Issues 8,000,000th Patent

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the congratulations-i-think dept.

toybuilder writes "It took nearly 80 years for the first 1 million patents to issue in the U.S. On Tuesday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued its eight-millionth patent. This most recent 1 million patents took only about 5 years."

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  1. Re:High time to stop them by Stellian · · Score: 1, Troll

    Obesity also increased from virtually unknown to over half of the western population. I think we are evolving to a super race of fat and smelly geniuses.