Now check this out, breakpoints are patented:

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20030208745.html

Maybe they'll let us pay per breakpoint set in th efuture ;-)

Someone patent stupidity asap!

but they cannot patent something that is not new!! It is a common practice from a life!!

Everyone and his brother has used such type of breakpoint!

_oh my god_

can someone lend me enough words to comment this?!?!?!

Here ya go:

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=
%2220030208745%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20030208745&RS=DN/20030208745

BTW, this patent has not been issued as far as I can tell.

After poking around the US patent office for a while, there are a few patents for such silliness. Just type in breakpoint or whatever you desire.

Woodmann

ooh, yes, i am afraid they _can_. http://lpf.ai.mit.edu/Patents/patents.html

regards, 0xf001

I patent life.

Fine, then I'll patent death.

OK. I'll join the fun and patent "Heaven & Hell." And I'll also patent the process which determines to which of "my other two patents" you all are going to be assigned!

Then we start the lawsuits against all those "other folks" who are attempting to "infringe" on our "patents."

Regards,

Too late! I've already patented the idea of having a patent on an idea

Ah too late. I already patented "ideas"!

Regards,

I have patented the word "patent" and its derivatives.
I have also tried to patented the alphabet, but they told me some millions allready applied for that

Is that an incubus?!?!?!

I swear I cannot believe that.
It must NOT be possible.
AT THIS LEVEL?!?!?!

I am feeling very discouraged

i patent everything and any patents that will happen in the future except the patents above and the ones already patented ... ;p