Josef “Jeff” Sipek

If you ever thought that getting a patent was easy, think again! Take a look at Patent #6,175,625, which got approved on January 16, 2001. When was it filed? Good question. It was filed December 15. But which year? 2000? 1999? 1995? 1990? All wrong! It was 1944! Yes, 57 years after the NSA filed for this patent, the USPTO (US Patent and Trademark Office) approved it.