⁍ The false claim that a testing method for COVID-19 was patented by Richard Rothschild in 2015 and 2017 has been shared online.


⁍ The patent for a system that analyses biometric data to determine whether the user is suffering from COVID-19 was not applied for until May 17, 2020.


⁍ The article claims that the 2015 priority date is evidence that the coronavirus pandemic has been planned.


⁍ But the author has conflated the terms ‘priority date’ and ‘application date

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Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-patent/fact-check-rothschild-did-not-patent-a-test-for-covid-19-in-2015-and-2017-idUSKBN27C34O