Amazon's one-click patent is probably the most famous example of this. Anyone with any database programming experience can figure out "store the customer's paym

Amazon's one-click patent is probably the most famous example of this. Anyone with any database programming experience can figure out "store the customer's payment details and shipping address and use them later to complete purchases". That was also true in 1999. The patent office seems to evaluate the requirements in a manner very favorable to patent applicants/holders. I think that's a bad thing; the criteria for what counts as an invention should be stricter.