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Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :

http://bink.nu/DesktopModules/ArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1952

For my fellow geeks..

Of course, I don't go to this site alot, so I don't know how reliable it is -- this article was pointed out to me by a co-worker.

quote:
Microsoft has been granted a patent on the double-click by the US Patents and Trademark Office. The patent, number 6,727,830, was granted on April 27.

Farmgirl

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

Well, the patent exists:

Time based hardware button for application launch.

It should be noted that they're not patenting the double-click; they're patenting the idea that launching an application with a double-click will bring up the application in a different mode than single-clicking will.

Ridiculous, of course, but not the most egregious I've seen. Here's a fun one:

Comb ination of a tray and an arrangement of shrimp.

Also, someone tried to patent a construction cost estimating algorithm that relied on the application of factors to various parameters. In other words, estimating construction costs based on average price per square foot.

Dagonee

[ June 04, 2004, 08:41 AM: Message edited by: Dagonee ]