xraynano

Read it. A real bad patent, it should never have been approved. Not only, as others have noted, is there significant prior art and what is proposed is OBVIOUS to those knowledgable in the state-of-the-art, there is no real "invention" in there. The "so-called" invention is pointing out that if you monitor a heartbeat over a fixed period of time, collect the data with a computer, analyze it with an "algorithm", you can determine if there is atrial fib. In other words, you can do something if you hook it up to a sensor, computer, and output. Duh. The "algorithm" is not specified or part of the patent.

Yeah, I prefer the Herman Miller Aeron as well, but these are in the ballpark for price, maybe 15-20% higher list. The Aeron are easily discounted 50% on the web these day, and I would not be surprised if Apple got a larger discount, because at the quantity, they were manufactured to order. So they probably paid about the same or $500 per chair. Hey that it still not cheap, but not ridiculous if the chair is worth it. The Aeron is, IMO, but it's all about that web. Not sure about comfort of the Vitra Pacifica. I wouldn't be surprised if this wasn't chosen as an assist to launch of new design by a local company.

Article doesn't really in the end explain the problem, although it suggests it is mostly about hardware vendors not providing testing or updates to make sure they meet changes in Bluetooth protocols.