Thread: Has the USPTO finally attained ridiculous status?
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Old 23rd August 2008, 05:41 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Edit: I feel like there's got to be "prior art" for this. I know keyboards were being manufactured with page up and page down buttons before 2005.
Someone would have to take Microsoft to court to get the patent revoked. That's pretty much how the patent office works: get anything you want, and let the courts decide what is and what is not acceptable.
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