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Google Tried to Patent My Work After a Job Interview

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1798 points jerryX | 1 comments | 30 Nov 18 05:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.224s | source
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CalChris ◴[30 Nov 18 06:40 UTC] No.18567228[source]▶
Regina Dugan is a former head of DARPA as well as ATAP. She has an impressive resume. Why would she do something like this? For a not particularly important patent, LED popup books? It seems bizarre.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina_E._Dugan

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1. empath75 ◴[30 Nov 18 10:06 UTC] No.18568015[source]▶
Probably because she’s been doing it to lots of people for her whole career. People don’t usually get caught the first time they shoplift.