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To: meadsjn

the patent:

http://www.google.com/patents?id=BZsDAAAAEBAJ&dq=6032137


14 posted on 02/18/2008 9:51:22 PM PST by Old Dirty Bastiat
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To: Old Dirty Bastiat; monkeyshine
I just zipped through the patent and my suspicions were correct, but this guy's claims are even more outrageous than I imagined. He should be laughed out of the country.

In addition to the check imaging concept, which has existed in various forms for thirty years, he wants to claim ownership of point-of-sale credit card collection processing, which has been around for even longer.

It is arrogant jackasses like this that make banking fees higher for merchants and customers. He hasn't invented anything. He is claiming rights to fees on processes that existed before he was even born. Even more outrageous is that the patent office is abetting this fraud.

Maybe I could patent the letter 'e'.

19 posted on 02/18/2008 11:05:19 PM PST by meadsjn
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