Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s First Patent Application Awarded After Six Years

In July 2006, Facebook Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg filed his first-ever patent application. In July 2012, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office finally granted it.

In July 2006, Facebook Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg filed his first-ever patent application. In July 2012, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office finally granted it.

ReadWriteWeb said the patent, U.S. Patent No. 8,225,376, is a minor one that was originally rejected for being obvious.

The patent, “Dynamically Generating a Privacy Summary,” is described in its abstract, as reported by ReadWriteWeb, as:

A profile for a user is generated. One or more privacy setting selections are received from the user associated with the profile.

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