{
  "question": "Was today patent pending?",
  "url": "https://was.today/patent-pending",
  "verdict": "no",
  "headline": "NO",
  "answer": "No — \"patent pending\" is a label for inventions under review, not a property of October 26, 2026.",
  "details": [
    "October 26 has no patent-pending status in any registry",
    "On this date in 2001: the USA PATRIOT Act became law",
    "Patents are filed per invention, not per day"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Wikipedia: October 26",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_26"
    },
    {
      "title": "bajodemanda.com",
      "url": "https://libreriaproteo.bajodemanda.com/es/libro/chronological-index-of-patents-applied-for-and-patents-granted-for-the-year-1861_1390742"
    },
    {
      "title": "10,000,000+ U.S. Patents Issued Look How Far We've Come",
      "url": "https://www.chamblisslaw.com/10000000-u-s-patents-issued-%C2%96-look-how-far-weve-come/pdf#1#1#1"
    },
    {
      "title": "Google",
      "url": "https://books.google.com.mx/books?id=2WpD11IJP08C&newbks=0&redir_esc=y#1"
    }
  ],
  "date": "2026-10-26",
  "place": null,
  "permalink": "https://was.today/patent-pending/2026-10-26",
  "scope": "global",
  "volatile": false,
  "generatedAt": "2026-10-26T08:19:43.567Z"
}