Yeah, I get the distinction between "applied" and "granted". The old link had less information, without further searching around for the casual reader. The fa

Yeah, I get the distinction between "applied" and "granted". The old link had less information, without further searching around for the casual reader. The fact that 16 out of 17 claims had been mentioned as invalidated, but still leaving one remaining, was suggestive of part of the patent being granted. Are you claiming the USPO doesn't grant overreaching patents, by the dozen? The "prior to 2000" part is interesting, though. I wonder who filed what patent in 2000 about emulating old bitty boxes?