Only an application for patent, it should be noted.

Didn't they also claim the patent for having online affiliates as well??

maybe al gore will file a patent for creating the internet

:hic:

Swinging on your backyard swing was a patented method last year:

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?...RS=PN/6,368,227

United States Patent 6,368,227
Olson April 9, 2002

Method of swinging on a swing


Abstract
A method of swing on a swing is disclosed, in which a user positioned on a standard swing suspended by two chains from a substantially horizontal tree branch induces side to side motion by pulling alternately on one chain and then the other.

I claim:

1. A method of swinging on a swing, the method comprising the steps of:

a) suspending a seat for supporting a user between only two chains that are hung from a tree branch;

B) positioning a user on the seat so that the user is facing a direction perpendicular to the tree branch;

c) having the user pull alternately on one chain to induce movement of the user and the swing toward one side, and then on the other chain to induce movement of the user and the swing toward the other side; and

d) repeating step c) to create side-to-side swinging motion, relative to the user, that is parallel to the tree branch.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the method is practiced independently by the user to create the side-to-side motion from an initial dead stop.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises the step of:

e) inducing a component of forward and back motion into the swinging motion, resulting in a swinging path that is generally shaped as an oval.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the magnitude of the component of forward and back motion is less than the component of side-to-side motion.

(actually this one was revoked recently)

You have GOT to be fucking kidding me.
Do they hand out joints with the morning coffee for the USPO workers?!?!

User interfaces and methods for facilitating user-to-user sales


Abstract
An online marketplace system provides various features for assisting users in listing products for sale, locating the listings for a product, and performing related actions. A user wishing to sell a product can browse to an existing description of the product in an electronic catalog and then select an option to create a corresponding listing. If the user previously purchased the product via the system, the user may alternatively select the product from a personal purchase history. To create the listing for the selected product, the user preferably specifies the product's condition and a selling price. The pending listings for a product are preferably displayed or summarized on the product's detail page in the catalog. When no such listings exist, an option to preorder the product from an unspecified seller may be provided. In one embodiment, the catalog also servers as a retail sales catalog of an online merchant.

Again... you have GOT to be fucking kidding me.

I wonder if anyone has patented a method of picking your nose with your finger, with an added-on filing of using a fucking tissue. I think I'll do that one and then sue Kleenex for giving people the means to infringe on my patent. :rolleyes:

If they do, then I'm applying for a job there.

Patent Reform now!

*sigh* You guys are obviously not reading my website.


http://www.fighthepatent.com/v2/SwingPatent.html



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Amazon got a patent approved a couple weeks ago for essentially starting a discussion thread on a subject.

When you go to amazon and find a product, you scroll down to the bottom and people post their comments....

Ya, they got that idea PATENTED.



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