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A while back we noted that Microsoft had obtained a patent on "clicks," which I believed was another sign that the patent system in the USA was irretreivably lost. Well, Microsoft is patenting again according to this item in The Inquirer: Microsoft patents skin of world+dog. Here's the first grafs:
SOFTWARE MAKER and mad inventor Microsoft has been given a patent for using human skin as a power conduit and data bus.Posted by Grayson at June 24, 2004 08:42 AMPatent number 6,754,472 was granted for describing a method for transmitting power and data to devices worn on the body.