<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:news="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9"><url><loc>https://www.curiouslyoptimistic.com/p/271850-for-4500-patents-the-bargain</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Curiously Optimistic</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-21T01:27:00+00:00</news:publication_date><news:title>$271,850 for 4,500 Patents: The Bargain America Keeps Rewriting</news:title></news:news></url></urlset>