Re: The death of the US Patent System...

["Norm" <normanmo@clark.net>]

On Wed,  8 Dec 1999 17:45:22 -0500 (EST), Mitch Stone wrote:

>>>     IBM's site does list some rather odd patents.  Here's one of my
>>>favorites: http://www.patents.ibm.com/details?patent_number=5501650
>>>(some people have *WAY* too much time on their hands ;-)).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>"...too much time on their hands..."  Pun intended?
>>
>>Unbelievable!!!  Geesh, Norm, it should come with a year's
>>supply of Viagra.
>
>I want to know what keywords you guys used to look these things up. On 
>second thought...


     I didn't look it up myself, I just saved it from a post from a guy
on an OS/2 list I'm on.  I have absolutely no idea how he came across
it (albeit there's several 'IBMers' on the list), but I found it so
amusing I just had to save the link...it's perfect for those occasional
'odd patent' posts ;-).

--
 ...Cheers,

 ...Norm

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