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Selected patents from 2009

22 points by ctingom 17y ago

jgrahamc 17y ago
Anyone figure out what the lines in the background are for?
- andrewcooke 17y ago
  it's art.
  - msg 17y ago
    "chartjunk"
bugs 17y ago
If you ever want me to not read or understand something make a poster like this.
sga 17y ago
I actually quite like this presentation of the patents. Though I agree the background lines are confusing if they are actually meaningful. And it would be great if you could click on the titles and be sent to the actual patent description. EDIT: re. "Device and Method for Preventing Unwanted Oral Activity" I call prior art on ball gags.
fnid 17y ago
For all the doom and gloom around old media. the NYT is doing a great job with the web. Other publications should be looking to them for inspiration. The NYT hasn't forgotten who they are. They are conveyors of information. It is their job to tell complex stories to the public. The Internet doesn't interfere with that, it enables it. The NYT used to be confined to a static 2d black and white paper to communicate a message. Now they don't have those limits. And the graphic should be an image map with links to the patents.
- dschobel 17y ago
  This page is simply good graphic design. A much better example of NYT's use of interactive media was their unemployment graphic: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/11/06/business/economy/unemployment-lines.html http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/11/06/business/econo...
pfedor 17y ago
My favorite patent: http://www.google.com/patents?id=6AoYAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4&source=gbs_overview_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=&f=false http://www.google.com/patents?id=6AoYAAAAEBAJ&printsec=a...
susiek 17y ago
The New York times did an outstanding job with the 67patent pics of 2009.I think the best of the patent is patent#7,591.811 Diaper With Legs.I looked this one up by Google type in diaperwithlegs .and what a breakthough in diapers this won't leak just see what this looks like seeing is believing babys and adults with needs can really use this.Where can I buy some for babys and toddlers I have 3 that needs this now please !!!!!!!!! I'm begging I love this idea for my little ones!!!!!

22 points by ctingom 17y ago

jgrahamc 17y ago

Anyone figure out what the lines in the background are for?

andrewcooke 17y ago
it's art.
- msg 17y ago
  "chartjunk"

bugs 17y ago

If you ever want me to not read or understand something make a poster like this.

sga 17y ago

I actually quite like this presentation of the patents. Though I agree the background lines are confusing if they are actually meaningful. And it would be great if you could click on the titles and be sent to the actual patent description. EDIT: re. "Device and Method for Preventing Unwanted Oral Activity" I call prior art on ball gags.

fnid 17y ago

For all the doom and gloom around old media. the NYT is doing a great job with the web. Other publications should be looking to them for inspiration. The NYT hasn't forgotten who they are. They are conveyors of information. It is their job to tell complex stories to the public. The Internet doesn't interfere with that, it enables it. The NYT used to be confined to a static 2d black and white paper to communicate a message. Now they don't have those limits. And the graphic should be an image map with links to the patents.

dschobel 17y ago
This page is simply good graphic design. A much better example of NYT's use of interactive media was their unemployment graphic: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/11/06/business/economy/unemployment-lines.html http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/11/06/business/econo...

pfedor 17y ago

My favorite patent: http://www.google.com/patents?id=6AoYAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4&source=gbs_overview_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=&f=false http://www.google.com/patents?id=6AoYAAAAEBAJ&printsec=a...

susiek 17y ago

The New York times did an outstanding job with the 67patent pics of 2009.I think the best of the patent is patent#7,591.811 Diaper With Legs.I looked this one up by Google type in diaperwithlegs .and what a breakthough in diapers this won't leak just see what this looks like seeing is believing babys and adults with needs can really use this.Where can I buy some for babys and toddlers I have 3 that needs this now please !!!!!!!!! I'm begging I love this idea for my little ones!!!!!