(OT) Software Patents and computer based instruction

[Ben Rubinstein]

On 04/06/2013 20:22, Mark Wieder wrote:
> Richard Gaskin <ambassador at ...> writes:
>
>> Case in point:
>>
>> Method of swinging on a swing
>> <http://www.google.com/patents/US6368227>
>
> LOL. "Actual jungle forestry is not required."
> Even better is the "Referenced by" list:
>
> US20110239315 *	Feb 2, 2011	Sep 29, 2011	Bonas Ulla	Modular dna-binding
> domains and methods of use
> USRE41363 *	Dec 8, 2005	Jun 1, 2010	Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.	Thin film
> transistor substrate
> etc
>

Another patent that references this one (presumably in the context "that was 
granted, so why not grant this one) is:

http://www.google.com/patents/US5443036 "Method of exercising a cat"

it's a lot less exciting than you think it will be.