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[Daniel Keep]

Nick Sabalausky wrote:
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> 
> To prove how bad the USPTO is, there was some guy that applied for a patent 
> on a method of swinging on a swingset. It was approved. So under the current 
> syetem, pretty much anything at all is patentable. A person could come up 
> with patentable claim just by farting on a piece of paper. 

No, you can't, because (riffing on Apple) There's a Patent for That.