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Tokenvoice t1_je93q1l wrote

Reply to comment by Evernight2021 in TIL Margaret Knight (1838-1914) invented a machine to mass produce flat-bottomed paper bags and, after winning a lawsuit against a fraudster who copied her design, the patent was issued in 1871. Her first invention was when she was 12 years old (and began working in a factory). She had 87 patents. by WonderWmn212

Ofcourse you dont have any patents, they designed all of the good stuff and now we’re left holding the flat bottom bags of scraping the bottom of the barrel.

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gonesnake t1_jeahhh6 wrote

Damn. I was just about to patent the barrel-bottom scraper.

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oversized_hoodie t1_jeb1fiq wrote

Sometimes it really does feel like that. A lot of modern patents are just utter junk and should have been thrown out for not being novel.

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