1.0AIDB.ithttps://www.aidb.it/en/aitechttps://www.aidb.it/en/author/aitec/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="MEutqYxf3q"><a href="https://www.aidb.it/en/latests-news/patents-these-mysterious-objects/">Patents: These “Mysterious Objects”</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.aidb.it/en/latests-news/patents-these-mysterious-objects/embed/#?secret=MEutqYxf3q" width="600" height="338" title="“Patents: These “Mysterious Objects”” — AIDB.it" data-secret="MEutqYxf3q" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.aidb.it/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> Patents, these “mysterious objects”* *(At least as far as Italy is concerned) Article by Bruno Rimoldi Introduction Telling AIDB members about the importance of patents and the need to understand them in order to make the best use of them—as well as to educate themselves—would be like preaching to the choir and might even come […]