Pyramid Scheme

Peter Sleman

September 15, 2020, 06:15 AM 8

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September 15, 2020 11:46 am
Easy now Peter. You don’t want to be giving SCOTUS or the CAFC any new ineligibility ideas …
Paul Cole
September 15, 2020 11:13 am
I am a great enthusiast for remarks or comments which combine humor and instruction, the humor helping the instructive message to stick in the mind. For example my Viagra criterion: is the claimed subject-matter strong enough not just to pass through the Patent Office but also to stand up in court? The Pyramid Scheme is of this type, and the claim is uncomfortably close to many that have come before the Federal Circuit and the Supreme Court including the representative method claim 33 of US 5970479 in Alice which does not contain the slightest mention of computers or other technology and could equally be performed by clerks with daily legers in different banks.

Keep up the instructive and amusing work.