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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. 7 Years? by The_Mystic_For_Real · · Score: 5, Funny
    Remember that dicey 1996 SBC Structured Document Browser patent that Slashdot readers immediately called BS on back in 2003

    You've been examining patents too long if you consider reacting in 2003 to an action in 1996 immediate. Or are you a congressman?

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    Thank you.

  2. Peri-Anal Hygiene and Patents by debilo · · Score: 5, Funny

    I followed the links provided in the submission to this page containing a list of other reexaminations, where I found this gem:

    6,520,942 Reexam. C.N. 90/006,758, Ordered Date: Sept. 24, 2003, Cl. 604/290,
    Title: METHOD TO IMPROVE PERI-ANAL HYGIENE AFTER A BOWEL MOVEMENT

    How fitting.

  3. 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...!

  4. Re:which one... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Netcraft confirms it: Slashdot memes are dying.