Federal government issues its 8 millionth patent
The federal government will mark an interesting milestone Thursday by officially awarding its 8 millionth patent to a company helping people with poor eyesight.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially issued patent number 8,000,000 last month to Second Sight Medical Products, granting the company permission to develop a device called a "visual prosthesis apparatus" that would help improve visual perception for people who have gone blind due to outer retinal degeneration.
The device "uses electrical stimulation of the retina to produce the visual perception of patterns of light," according to the Patent Office. (Considering our name, we here at The Federal Eye couldn't be happier that the patent may one day soon help people with poor eyesight.)
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