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		cperciva on Dec 29, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Stupid Patent of the Month: Microsoft’s Design Pat... That's why it's not a utility patent, but it instead a design patent.

dozzie on Dec 29, 2015 [–]

And such things should not be patentable at all.

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