1998-06-01 09:00:00+02 by
Dan Lyke
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Disband the patent office!
It appears that on January 13, 1998, the patent office issued a patent
for the bicycle wheel. The heck with the problems with software patents,
we need some sanity on patents in general.
http://www.patents.ibm.com/details?patent_number=5707114
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