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That’s pretty standard text in tech patent.

What exactly would it mean to file a patent “as a joke?”

No. Those figures are pretty "standard". Neither AMD or Intel have "invented" an OOO processor. Those figures mean nothing. Are the standard "big" boxes in any modern processor. The key details are inside.

E.g., https://uspto.report/patent/grant/10,282,296

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