Apple Seeks to Patent 'Vaporizer': Is It for Weed?
First, let’s make this clear: Apple may want to make a vaporizer for industrial purposes.
But let’s say this, too: With marijuana legalized for recreational and/or medical use in 28 states and counting, there’s a giant market opportunity for tech companies to produce devices related to pot consumption.
And we know that Apple likes money — so much, in fact, that it parks hundreds of billions of dollars in cash outside the country so it can go on holiday to roll around in it while keeping Uncle Sam’s filthy, tax-grabbing mitts off it.
That Apple and weed could make for a lucrative match is unquestionable — the brand has world-class pull, and the company makes some awfully sleek devices. Whether Apple will go that route remains unknown outside the company.
However, a patent application made public Jan. 26 by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office indicates the Cupertino firm is looking into a device that could perhaps be...
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