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IBM Flushes Restroom Patent

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the uncross-your-legs-people dept.

jdkane writes "As reported in this CNet news article IBM has quietly eliminated a patent it received on a method for determining who gets to use the bathroom next. I say Kudos to IBM because it is a relief (no pun intended) to see some common sense prevail in the patent news. A funny quote from the article is "But just because the patent office granted this and other questionable patents doesn't mean the system is broken".;)"

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  1. Would you say... by NitroWolf · · Score: 1, Redundant

    ... that they FLUSHED the patent ?