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  • 2020-04-20 (xsd:date)
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  • Does Microsoft Own Patent '666' About Implanting Microchips in People? (en)
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  • The spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus disease in 2020 sparked a flurry of conspiracy theories concerning where it originated, how it spread, and who was responsible for it. One such theory blamed the disease on Bill Gates and claimed that the former Microsoft CEO had started a pandemic so that he could insert microchips into people around the globe under the guise of providing vaccinations or for other purposes. This conspiracy theory is propped up by little more than coincidences and misinterpretations. For instance, in April 2020 social media users started to share a link to a patent supposedly owned by Microsoft that pertained to the micro-chipping of individuals for financial gain. This patent was especially insidious, users claimed, because it carried the numbers 666, the biblical mark of the beast, and the letters WO, which they claimed stood for the World Order. The above-displayed screenshots pertain to a genuine patent filed by Microsoft. However, this patent does not involve a plan to microchip individuals, WO does not stand for World Order, and one has to ignore the existence of 11 other characters in order to arrive at the conclusion that this patent carries the devil's number. This patent is for a cryptocurrency system that uses body activity data. Microsoft Technology Licensing applied for this patent in June 2019, and the patent was published a few months later in March 2020 under the number WO2020060606A1. The patent, which has not been granted as of this writing, makes no mention of microchips. The diagrams included in this patent (and shown in the screenshots above) show how the person, user device, and sensor are all distinct items. The text of the patent further explains that the user device in the diagram may include wearables, such as a smart watch, or cell phones, laptops, or tablets: The patent provides two options for the sensor. First, the sensor could be incorporated into one of the aforementioned devices, such as a smartphone. The sensor may also be its own standalone component: At no point in this patent does Microsoft suggest that the sensor would be a microchip implanted into a person's skin. So what about the claim that this is World Order patent 666? As we noted above, this patent was truly published under the number WO2020060606A1. It truly contains the number 666 (or, more accurately, 060606). However patent WO2020060606A1 is not the same as patent 666. Furthermore, the WO at the start of this patent does not stand for World Order. It is shorthand for WIPO, the World Intellectual Property Organization, which issued this patent. The A1 at the end of this patent number signifies that this is only a published patent. The kind code B1 is applied to granted patents. We reached out to Microsoft for more information about this patent and will update this article if we hear back. To sum up: Microsoft has applied for a patent that deals with the development of a cryptocurrency system based on tracking body-activity data. However, this patent focuses on wearable technology, such as a smart watch, not implanted microchips, and while patent number WO2020060606A1 contains three 6's, this appears to be little more than a coincidence. (en)
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