Second Sight Medical Products is receiving some publicity for being awarded U.S. Patent No. 8,000,000. The patent claims a “visual prosthesis” that uses a camera that then sends a stimulating impulse to neural tissue in a subject's eye. Although Second Sight gets the patent, the research was at least partially paid by the U.S. Government.
Patent No. 7,000,000 issued in 2006; 6,000,000 in 1999; 5,000,000 in 1991; 4,000,000 in 1976; 3,000,000 in 1961; 2,000,000 in 1935; and 1,000,000 in 1911.
