Congress moving to rewrite laws to cut down on needless patents

Sunday, July 29, 2007

WASHINGTON -- Crustless peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches, a way to move sideways on a swing, a technique for exercising cats using a laser pointer -- these are among the inventions patented in the United States over the years.

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