Patent US5443036 – Method of exercising a cat

Re:Patent US5443036 – Method of exercising a cat by marvin on Friday October 23, 2015 @02:04PM (#10440240)

Are you implying that this patent should not have been granted?

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Re:Patent US5443036 – Method of exercising a cat by kazinator on Friday October 23, 2015 @02:14PM (#10440314)

I'm suggesting that the USPTO people can't spot glaring errors of logic in a simple introductory paragraph of text that is devoid of complicated technical or legal language.

No wonder they grant applications for obvious programming techniques, like oh ... the use of XOR to draw a sprite on a black-and-white pixel display, such that if it is drawn again at the same location, it is erased, restoring the original background.

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Re:Patent US5443036 – Method of exercising a cat by nacs on Friday October 23, 2015 @03:44PM (#10440872)

You're taking this entirely too seriously. @marvin was very likely joking also.

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Re:Patent US5443036 – Method of exercising a cat by marvin on Friday October 23, 2015 @04:57PM (#10441255)

Kazinator is making a fair point. But yes, I was making a joke ;)

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