wonder cow
12-17-2006, 08:57 AM
source: some big long url at the patent office (http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220060282503%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20060282503&RS=DN/20060282503)
An excerpt from the absurd patent application:
A collection of emotiflags, each including a graphical icon and a text tag is maintained. Custom emotiflags may be defined by a user. While composing an email message, a user may associate an emotiflag with the email message such that when the email message is sent, the emotiflag is sent with the email message.
If the patent office approves this one, I would like to patent the letter "e". And all you chumps will have to pay me money every time you use it.
An excerpt from the absurd patent application:
A collection of emotiflags, each including a graphical icon and a text tag is maintained. Custom emotiflags may be defined by a user. While composing an email message, a user may associate an emotiflag with the email message such that when the email message is sent, the emotiflag is sent with the email message.
If the patent office approves this one, I would like to patent the letter "e". And all you chumps will have to pay me money every time you use it.