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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."

3 of 124 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Read before posting by Curtman · · Score: 0, Redundant

    At least your senators know whats going to happen the next time someone pulls this crap.

  2. Wish it was upheld by swilver · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Shame, it should have been upheld. Then we might get to see how stupid such patents really are.

  3. No wonder the coffee's bad... by casemon · · Score: 0, Redundant

    their coffee tastes like mud, now i know why, they are too busy making ridiculous browser patents...
    SBC should try for better brewing not browsing!