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The above link is a published application rather than a granted patent. US20170170984A1 by itself carries no legal rights whatsoever. In this case it was granted with largely similar claims (as US10027505B2). However, claims typically get significantly revised by the time they are granted, and less than half of applications are granted at all. https://patents.google.com/patent/US10027505B2/en https://patents.google.com/patent/US10027505B2/en