Terrence Howard on business: what the evidence says · JRE #2152
SUBJECT: BUSINESS
Not a true/false call. Every claim is logged with its sources; read the exhibits below.
The entire AR VR world was built off of my first patent that was abandoned because I paid $260,000 for the worldwide patent.
What the evidence says 01 / RECORD
Howard filed a patent application (publication US20100271394A1, application US12/765,485, describing a system for merging virtual reality with real-world sensory experiences) in 2010, but it was never granted; it was abandoned in 2013 after his attorneys withdrew and he failed to respond to an examiner's office action, not because he refused to pay maintenance fees as he claims. Because the application was abandoned rather than approved, Howard never held an actual patent on this technology. The application was cited 31 times in later patent filings by companies including Microsoft, Amazon, Sony, HP, and IBM, but a citation in a later filing does not establish that those companies built their AR/VR technology on Howard's work. No evidence supports the claim that his application is the foundation of the entire AR/VR industry. Fact-checkers rate the claim a mixture of true and false elements, with the industry-wide-foundation framing exaggerated and misleading.