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I'm sure glad this one got filed before the door closed on protected innovation forever: http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=T2QKAAAAEBAJ&dq=Patent+6368227 h

• cookingrobot 17y ago
  That's awesome. But from the last page of the patent, it looks like it was re-examined a month and a half later and all the claims were revoked.
  • noonespecial 17y ago
    I'm pretty sure someone went to a playground and directly observed "skilled practitioners of the art" independently discovering the methods. I think there might have been some prior art on a few million 8mm film reels in people's attics as well... It would seem immediately apparent to most 2 handed children. I do find it interesting that the patent missed out on the method of elevating one's ass by pressing outward on both chains. Now that's technology.
• Create 17y ago
  this is a classic: http://www.h-online.com/open/features/In-re-Bilski-Let-us-get-back-to-work-837618.html http://www.h-online.com/open/features/In-re-Bilski-Let-us-ge... http://onproductmanagement.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/treecomicbig.jpg http://onproductmanagement.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/treec... http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.html http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.html