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		zethraeus on June 24, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook’s patents show a commitment to collecting... N.B. Patents are a lagging indicator of what a company is doing. They're made public more than a year after submission.

lettergram on June 24, 2018 [–]

That actually depends, often patents can be fast tracked (for a few grand). This means they will be reviewed and accepted within months not years.

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