Tad Lispy

Is this coming from Wired magazine, aka the press organ of silicon valley? Big wows.

If we are talking about American adults, I guess they might be right.

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In the USA there are almost 650 thousands patent applications being filled (of which almost 400 thousands are getting grants) each year. So while technically what you wrote is correct, in practical terms finding an interesting patent is certainly not a trivial task for a journalist.