This week in patents: eBay gets into med-tech, NASA helps those living near airports, and more
May16
This week, the US patent office issued 6,842 patents. Each patent adds a little something new to the human knowledge base. As we cannot list all six thousand, the PatentYogi team has selected the six most interesting patents. 1. Ford improves car safety Patent Number – US 9,333,931 Ford consistently scores high on various car safety ratings. This result of constant innovation to make cars more safe. This week they have patented a unique system to protect passengers during oblique impacts. These are the impacts that occur at an angle of 10-50 degrees relative to the vehicle’s trajectory. During an…
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