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The 5 Most Intriguing Patent Applications of 2011
#1 Google Patent #8,078,349: Transitioning a Mixed-Mode Vehicle to Autonomous Mode
(related to a self-driving car)
2. Microsoft Patent Application #20110197052: Fast Machine Booting Through Streaming Storage
3. IBM Patent Application #20110219208: Multi-Petascale Highly Efficient Parallel Supercomputer
4. Apple Patent Application #20110194140: Walk-Up Printing without Drivers
5. Microsoft Patent Application #20110109724: Body Scan
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