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The Apple patent, published by the Patent Office last week, includes concepts for rollable screens that could be used on iPhones and iPads.

iRollUp

Roll with it.

Apple Files Patent for iPhone That Rolls Up Like a Stack of Money

Tesla encouraged others to join the electric car market using open patents.

How an Open Approach to Patents Could Help Build a Sustainable Future

Right now, AI algorithms can't be granted patents. The restriction originally served as a worker protection, but now it's creating a problem for engineers.

Recursive Inventions

They say rules requiring that patents go to humans are outdated.

Scientists Are Trying to List AI as the Inventor on a New Patent

Amazon's cage system, which it patented back in 2016, would presumably allow workers to travel safely in active robot zones.

The company has already come up with a better, less-confining solution.

An Amazon Patent Would Use Cages to Keep Employees "Safe"

Save money. Live better. Maybe watch what you say.

The Digest: Walmart Patents Tech for Eavesdropping on Workers

Smaller pieces raining from the sky would be safer for everyone.

Amazon's New Drone Designed to Self-Destruct in Emergencies

61 percent of patents link backward to at least one research article.

Innovative Technology Would Not Be Possible Without Scientific Research

A slew of expiring 3D printing patents will bring printer costs down and quality up.

A Host of Soon-to-be-Expired Patents are Set to Revolutionize 3D Printing

Aerogel, life-support systems, better rockets...and it's all free. 

Jackpot! NASA Just Released 56 Patented Technologies Into the Public Domain

Dupont plans to use CRISPR-Cas9 to genetically modify corn and wheat

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