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by Ygg2 1586 days ago
> Patents are supposed to be nonobvious

Emphasis on supposed.

The granted patents include: laser used to exercise cat, and mobile wood based dog game (log used to play fetch).

https://abovethelaw.com/2017/10/8-of-my-favorite-stupid-pate...

https://patents.google.com/patent/US5443036A/en

https://patents.google.com/patent/US6360693

Apple steals the cake though. By patenting a geometric shape.

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I bet you broke this patent as a kid https://patents.google.com/patent/US6368227B1/en