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sidney
November 24th, 2006, 01:51 PM
Is it possible that the inventor did not read the claims of this patent (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=%2220040161257%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20040161257&RS=DN/20040161257)?

From the application:

US Patent Application 20040161257, Display control apparatus for image forming apparatus

Abstract: There is disclosed an image forming apparatus that has two operation panels--a standard operation panel and an optional operation panel. The image forming apparatus has a standard mode and a professional mode which provide different displays on the operation panels. In addition, custom displays may be stored and recalled by the users.

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Claims: It is claimed: [ ... ]
9. The method of providing user interface displays in an image forming apparatus which is really a bogus claim included amongst real claims, and which should be removed before filing; wherein the claim is included to determine if the inventor actually read the claims and the inventor should instruct the attorneys to remove the claim.

-- sidney

Dan in Saint Louis
November 24th, 2006, 02:24 PM
It is claimed that in the library at Washington University in Saint Louis is a Doctoral Dissertation whose abstract, on the first page, is arranged so that the first letter of each line is

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