From 1790 until 1870 , letters patent applications had to also admit a miniature model , less than 12 square inch in size of it , along with the idea . We care the policy were still around , at least to weed out the moreridiculous ideas .
https://gizmodo.com/ps3-wiimote-patent-merges-two-controllers-to-make-one-g-5070985
Today , tech companies are some of the worst offenders in patent of invention app program , filing crazy patents for any half - baked estimate they can suppose up , without the slender wish for whether an objective can really be made . That ’s not even function into patents forbasic ideaslike Page Up / Page Down keys . Questionable patents by , the strict miniaturization insurance might have in the end given us an iPhone Nano .
https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-patents-page-up-and-page-down-5044257
The days of physical patents are over , but some are still pull together the rarified miniature version , let in the roller skate and report clip . They ’re passably cool , especially if you ’re as big a paper magazine rabid as I am . [ Wired ]
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