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USPTO Rejects SBC Browser Patent

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the seen-coming dept.

theodp writes "Remember that dicey 1996 SBC Structured Document Browser patent that Slashdot readers immediately called BS on back in 2003? Two-and-a-half years later, a USPTO Director-ordered reexam reached the same conclusion, and a final rejection was quietly issued last month."

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  1. Read before posting by anonympa · · Score: 5, Informative

    I have bad news for you all. A final rejection just means that the claims have been rejected for the second time. It's not over yet...!