Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

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.

7 of 166 comments (clear)

  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?

    --
    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...

      --
      Demented But Determined.
    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.

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

      Wookie version of midget porn?

      --
      Never confuse movement with action. --Hemingway
  2. 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?
    --
    You are using English. Please learn the difference between loose and lose; they're, there, and their; your and you're.
  3. 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.

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

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

    --
    "We are all geniuses when we dream"
    - E.M. Cioran