schizoidman to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agoFord Patents A Way To Bring Ads Inside Your Carinsideevs.comexternal-linkmessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1450arrow-down112file-textcross-posted to: internetofshit@suppo.fitechnology@lemmy.ml
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minus-square14th_cylonlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-211 days ago It’s not that expensive in the US. A few hundred Ok, that’s less than what I would have expected, but still more than what most people want to invest into something that’s basically a joke.
minus-square14th_cylonlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·11 days agoDon’t you need working prototype to get a patent? Otherwise musk or bezos or another for-profit asshole could patent every known scifi gimmick, wait until someone actually invents it and then send him a bill…?
Ok, that’s less than what I would have expected, but still more than what most people want to invest into something that’s basically a joke.
Feasible for a non-profit however
Don’t you need working prototype to get a patent? Otherwise musk or bezos or another for-profit asshole could patent every known scifi gimmick, wait until someone actually invents it and then send him a bill…?
Google says no, you don’t need one.
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