Do you know the patent office granted a patent on the peanut butter and
jelly sandwich? (Recently voided on appeal)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7432980/
Or a patent on moving a playground swing by pulling sideways on the
chains? This one was granted to a five year old kid whose patent
attorney father was using it as an illustration of what daddy did for a
living, and never expected it would be granted.
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4296923.html
Here's an article on bad patents
http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/careers/careerstemplate.jsp?ArticleId=i080502
Here's the best reform proposal I've seen
http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/careers/careerstemplate.jsp?ArticleId=i120204
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