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Stephen Downes

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Did you know someone was granted a patent in 1998 for 'training with manuals'? Or that someone else has a 1996 patent for a computerized data representation technique we all know as 'pie charts'? These are two extreme examples cited in this short article describing some of the U.S. Patent Office's larger errors. The examples are culled from a site maintained by CRLFGregory Aharonian.

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