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India's Patent office rejects Google's application for wearable electronics

The company, in its patent specification, said that the invention comprises of electronic devices provided in shoes or ankle bracelets

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The company, in its patent specification, said that the invention comprises of electronic devices provided in shoes or ankle bracelets.

Gireesh Babu Chennai

3 min read Last Updated : Feb 29 2020 | 2:43 PM IST

The Indian Patent Office on Thursday rejected Google’s application on wearable electronic devices, observing that it lacks inventive steps and the use and method by which it is to be performed is not fully described in complete specification.

The company, in its patent specification, said that the invention comprises of electronic devices provided in shoes or ankle bracelets.

The patent application for ‘System and method for wearable electronic devices’, filed in 2007, mentions various wearable models including a shoe that can communicate data to the user, electronic communication devices attached to clothes, wireless ear pieces and ankle bracelets that can

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