From: dpierce@cartchunk.org   
      
   Richard Crowley wrote:   
   >>It's funny that a patent can be granted for the application of that to   
   >>silicon wafers sensors.   
   >   
   >   
   > Well, of course, *I* think it is a valid application of patent protection.   
   > :-)   
   > OTOH, there is the claim that someone successfully obtained a patent   
   > on a ham sandwich (appropriately disguised in legaleese.)   
      
   No claim, it's fact.   
      
   And it's also fact that it was rejected out of hand   
   as soon as it was challenged. This was within the last   
   year or so.   
      
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