Patent Inquiries
This cluster features comments repeatedly asking if the discussed idea, technology, or product is patented, requesting links to specific patents, and expressing skepticism or surprise about patent coverage.
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Have they got a patent on this?
There's a patent on that one.
Careful they probably patented it :D
Have they got any patents on this?
there might be a patent around it, unfortunately.
Could there be a patent involved?
Someone just has to have a patent of that ;)
If its patented then tell us what it is.
Do you meant that this is patented?
You don't happen to have a link to that patent?