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Additional context:

From press release[1]:

"Blyncsy would like to get its technology into the hands of other companies and government agencies, so that we can fight this virus together. We have launched the website to streamline the process to make licensing easier."

And from local news article[2]:

"We would encourage anyone who’s doing contact tracing to license our technology as we believe we have a patent on the technology that covers the entire U.S." ... "the firm seeks the licensing not so much for financial reasons — it is offering to waive royalty fees in some circumstances — but more out of concern that contact tracing in other companies’ hands might lead to widespread surveillance and violate individual privacy."

1. https://www.newswire.com/news/blyncsy-announces-launch-of-co...

2. https://www.sltrib.com/news/2020/05/04/utah-company-claims/

Is this patent defensible?

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