>United States or [u]nited [s]tates
>One is a corporation
The other is a description.
A 'corporation' in the broad sense just means you gave it a name, the ability to own stuff, be sued, etc. Cities, towns, states, and the US can't not be corporations. But don't confuse this concept with a business corporation.
Ahhhh… this old slide. Screen caps of Google Patents showing today's date. Using archive.is to make it look like a recent date is a new twist.
Google Patents shows the status of any patent as-of the current date.
Here is the adrenochrome patent: https://patents.google.com/patent/US4501923A/en?oq=US4501923A
Here is Thomas Edison's lightbulb patent: https://patents.google.com/patent/US223898A/en
>All the people at home in Maine because of the lockdown didn't think it could get worse.
Snow is no unfamiliar to us. So are brief power outages do to said snow. It was a minor nuisance.
A bigger factor was the surprise/frustration/angst. When I went into work it was raining. Proper weather for mid April. When I got out there were 6in of heavy snow on the ground and on my car. "WTF!!! I though we were done with this shit!!"