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I don’t think this really means much. Companies love to incentivize their employees for coming up with patent ideas. This could very well be one of those ideas

• arkades 7y ago
  They already have a facial recognition service.
• DVassallo 7y ago
  The incentives are quite soft. You get a “good job” email from your boss and maybe your boss’s boss. But nothing else. (8 years at Amazon, and 5 granted parents — I’m embarrassed to admit!) They were going to be useful for my immigration visa renewal though. My L1 renewal got stuck with a request for evidence, and the lawyers thought that patents are excellent evidence of outstanding ability to the eyes of the gov. Eventually I got my green card before my L1 evidence got processed, so I didn’t get to see if that would have helped.
  • nerdbaggy 7y ago
    Didn’t realize they incentivized it so little. I know that Cisco gives you a few thousand once the patent is approved.
  • cylinder 7y ago
    Patents shouldn't impact an L-1A but help with L1B. But they RFE every petition now anyways. They are good for green cards as you saw.