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Re:Vigilante engineer stops Waymo from patenting key lidar t... by krylon on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @10:51AM (#18122223)
I vaguely recall some guy in Australia took out a patent on the wheel a couple of years back as part of a crusade to show how broken the patent system was.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn965-wheel-patented-in...

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Re:Vigilante engineer stops Waymo from patenting key lidar t... by anticensor on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @11:22AM (#18122506)
It is an innovation (i.e. minor) patent, though, not utility (i.e. invention needed) patent. Some patent offices have this kind of patent and it usually has less protection and easier application than utility patents.
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