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Amazon wants to patent 3d printing in the delivery vans. You order something and they print it in the delivery van driving towards you. It's probably a move in some grand corporate strategy of taking over the world, defensive patenting or preventative patenting. I will not even try to forecast implications of this ...You can see their full patent application HERE.
I always claimed that intellectual property / patent system is broken beyond repair and needs major reform.
All of this has been done in some form in the past:
http://diy3dprinting.blogspot.com/2013/11/3d-printer-installed-in-electric.html
Here are some pictures form the patent application:
