Not just you.  But we've seen a whole lot of other ridiculous patents, 
especially from really big companies, and for things we seem to have been 
using for years before the patent.


On Wednesday 13 June 2007 08:14, Matt Pobursky wrote:
> Is it just me or does anyone else think that being able to patent this
> "concept" is ridiculous?
>
> I'm wondering when we'll be seeing some company like Nike patent "Tying
> shoelaces with a closed loop control system using visual inspection"?
>
> Geeez... the patent system really needs to get a grip on reality.
>
> Matt Pobursky
> Maximum Performance Systems
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