About the Authors

Nathan P. Myhrvold

nathan@nathanmyhrvold.com

Affiliation Intellectual Ventures, Bellevue, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The author, Nathan P. Myhrvold, is employed by a commercial company (Intellectual Ventures). There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the author’s adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NPM. Performed the experiments: NPM. Analyzed the data: NPM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NPM. Wrote the paper: NPM.