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utopkara on Sept 28, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Patent US6368227 - Method of swinging on a swing

Before pulling the end of world pickets from the attic, just have a look at the last page of the patent.

None of the claims are granted.

If anything, this shows the level of crap the patent examiners have to deal with everyday.

pkteison on Sept 28, 2012 [–]

The patent was granted in 2002, then claims revoked in 2003 after bad press. So it's still fairly damning on the system.

DigitalSea on Sept 28, 2012 | [–]

Exactly. The very fact it was approved in the first place proves the system is massively flawed. If it took bad press for it to be revoked, that just makes the patent system look even worse.

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