However, the patents in question are standard essentials patents, which means the technology they cover is a necessity industry-wide, rather than a specific brand innovation.
The contribution of goat husbandry and cropping to cover a family's basic necessities (e.g. food, housing, health, education) was evaluated by comparing gross margins with the poverty threshold in rural Mexico which is 15,384 Mexican pesos (MX$1 MX$MX$ = 0.08 USD, source: Banixco [2012]) per year per capita (CONEVAL [2009]).
These 60-somethings tend to be more affluent than older retirees but are also very responsive to the idea of expanding Medicare to cover prescription drugs (a necessity now for many of them).
NPR reports the organization, which seeks to help women and families gain financial security, found that a family of four needs at least $67,920 a year to cover their necessities such as food, housing and transportation.
For a single person to cover simple necessities, just the basics, takes $3,632 a month in San Francisco; $3,627 in New York; $2,833 in Baltimore; $2,301 in Dallas; $2,176 in Cleveland.
But, suddenly, there it was, having migrated north to meet me, its creamy Franco-funkiness a symbol of wealthier neighborhoods, a luxury rarely seen in a low-income area most of whose residents have just enough to cover the necessities.
The transportation item is based on a monthly public transportation pass.5 A100% premium is added to cover other necessities such as clothing, hygienic needs, culture or civic participation.
But 61percentt of those receiving benefits said the amount was not enough to cover basic necessities.
Yet the team keeps asking its fans to invest in hope and dig deeper while they are stretched to cover the necessities of real life.
Many families, according to the report, earn too little to cover "basic necessities like food, housing, health care and child care".
After Ms. Sadler was cut off from jobless benefits, she qualified for $200 a month in food stamps, but food stamps do not pay her bills, nor do they cover other necessities.
