This Amazon patent lists Jeff Bezos as an inventor and is directed towards protecting devices from impact damage. Mr. Bezos was awarded U.S. Patent 8330305 entitled “Protecting devices from impact damage” on December 11, 2012. The utility patent has been cited 20 times by other U.S. patents in the field of telecommunications and in other fields.

A system and method for protecting devices from impact damage is provided. Prior to impact between a surface and a device, a determination of a risk of damage to the device is made. If the risk of damage to the device exceeds a threshold, a protection system is activated to reduce or substantially eliminate damage to the device. Link: U.S. Patent 8330305

Amazon filed this utility patent on February 11, 2010 giving it a processing time of 1034 days (compared to an average processing time of 1122 in the field). They have a total number of 6869 patents. The first named inventor is Jeffrey P. Bezos of Seattle, WA. The patent was allowed by primary examiner Michael Rutland Wallis and examiner .

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