USPTO Examiner Rejected 1-Click Claims As "Obvious" 195
theodp writes "Faced with a duly unimpressed USPTO examiner who rejected its new 1-Click patent claims as 'obvious' and 'old and well known,' Amazon has taken the unusual step of requesting an Oral Appeal to plead its case. And in what might be interpreted by some as an old-fashioned stalling tactic, the e-tailer has also canceled and refiled its 1-Click claims in a continuation application. As it touted the novelty of 1-Click to Congress last spring, Amazon kept the examiner's rejection under its hat, insisting that 'still no [1-Click] prior art has surfaced.' The Judiciary Committee hearing this testimony included Rick Boucher (VA) and Howard Berman (CA), both recipients of campaign contributions from a PAC funded by 1-Click inventor Jeff Bezos, other Amazon execs, and their families."
Oral appeal? (Score:0, Funny)
I never understood why they call these things "oral." "Oral report," "oral appeal."
Shouldn't it be "vocal?"
Re:I remember hearing about the 1 click patent (Score:2, Funny)
Oral Appeal? (Score:5, Funny)
I'd like to introduce you to our spokeslawyer, Heidi. She is ready to meet with you for her oral appeal.
Re:wtf? (Score:3, Funny)