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USPTO Increases Scope Of Amazon's 1-Click Patent

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the patents-that-won't-die dept.

An anonymous reader writes "While the patent office had rejected earlier attempts by Amazon to get a continuation patent on its infamous "1-click" patent, it appears that an impatient USPTO examiner has approved the continuation, apparently because of the failure of BountyQuest to come up with prior art. This continuation adds claims like contacting the recipient of an order via e-mail or a phone call to obtain additional info."

2 of 98 comments (clear)

  1. Wasn't Me, But Here Are More Details! by theodp · · Score: 5, Informative

    Congress didn't buy Amazon's argument that the failure of a defunct Jeff Bezos-funded company to award a $10,000 bounty offered by Tim O'Reilly for prior art that could bust Bezos' 1-Click patent was proof of 1-Click's novelty. The Commissioner for Patents, on the other hand, was duly impressed. As was one of his patent Examiners, who broke ranks from a less-impressed fellow Examiner and re-Examiner, to push through last week's issuance of U.S. patent no. 7,222,087, a 'continuation' of 1-Click which adds innovative claims like contacting the recipient of an order via e-mail or a phone call to obtain additional info.

  2. Re:Setup store somewhere else. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    its a stupid idea. quit crapflooding your stupid idea you idiot.