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The patent it self is so simple and basic, that mind as well be someone teaching exercise into the patents world.

What it is making me "uncomfortable" is that patents from Microsoft (Secure machine counting) and Samsung (transistor substrate) refer to them...

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No they don't. In both cases, this patent is cited by the examiner, who probably had good sense of humor.

If a patent examiner cited the swinging patent in an application involving actual technology, I would guess the examiner might have intended the citation as a red flag, a signal to future judges and juries that the examiner regarded the application as bogus but couldn't prove it.

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