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Re:USPTO Rejects Amazon's One-Click Patent by falsestprophet on Wednesday October 17, 2007 @08:38PM (#69401)
How does this pass the non-obvious test? I'm not that smart (or even a true expert in the field) and even I can immediately tell how to implement the system.
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Re:USPTO Rejects Amazon's One-Click Patent by rms on Wednesday October 17, 2007 @08:53PM (#69406)
There are lots of patents for things that are obvious to someone that is an expert in the field. Biotech is just as bad. I hope the recent patent reform makes something of a difference.
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