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USPTO Rejects Amazon's One-Click Patent

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-at-least-there's-some-sanity dept.

igdmlgd writes "A while ago I filed a reexamination request for the Amazon.com one-click patent and recently checked out the USPTO online file wrapper -it seems they have rejected all the claims I requested they look at and more!" And it only took many many years to remove what would have been obvious to the most incompetent web developer.

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  1. Huh? by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, recently we heard that the One-Click Rejection was rejected, which has now itself been rejected and now the one-click patent has been totally rejected?

    I read that there was a rejection review during which the rejection examiner found prior art that was obvious. This however was not the case and so the rejection was rejected and now I hear this guy making claims that some of his obvious prior art is infact obvious and should be counted on so the patent is now invalid.

    What I don't understand is What is a Wookie doing on Endor?

    Can someone give me one thing I can click which will explain this whole thing?

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    liqbase :: faster than paper
    1. Re:Huh? by Dr.+Eggman · · Score: 3, Funny

      No clicking required here! Wookiees fight the Empire. The Empire is on Endor. Therefore, a Wookiee is on Endor to fight the Empire!

      Huh, no-click answers. I should patent that...

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    2. Re:Huh? by faloi · · Score: 4, Funny

      Can someone give me one thing I can click which will explain this whole thing?

      I could, but I'd have to get your promise that you'd click twice to get to it...at least until this whole thing blows over.

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      "It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education." -Albert Einstein
    3. Re:Huh? by happyslayer · · Score: 2, Funny

      Wookie version of midget porn?

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  2. Oh no you didn't!!!! by WwWonka · · Score: 1, Funny

    You big snitch!

    I am NEVER inviting you over for Xmas to show you my collection of Cuban cigars, black cable box, 120 Gigs of MP3s, hundreds of burnt DVDs, my ex-girlfriend buried in a shoebox in my backyard, nor my collection of tags I have cut off of mattresses over the years!

    1. Re:Oh no you didn't!!!! by JCSoRocks · · Score: 2, Funny

      my ex-girlfriend buried in a shoebox in my backyard
      so is she a Barbie doll or blow-up doll?
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    2. Re:Oh no you didn't!!!! by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 1, Funny

      my ex-girlfriend buried in a shoebox in my backyard

      Your girlfriend was a hamster?

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      liqbase :: faster than paper
  3. Posted this... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    .. with a single click. Muahaha, take that Amazon :P

  4. Damn by iceZebra · · Score: 3, Funny

    This probably means that my intention to patent my shopping system of opening a 2nd checkout in busy periods will fail.

  5. Does this mean by MECC · · Score: 2, Funny

    That the patent office is now hiring people that can read?

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