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Could someone (or has someone already tried to) patent the process of patent trolling? I know that such a patent shouldn't be granted because the idea obviously isn't original but it seems as though there are so many bogus patents sneaking through the cracks that it could be possible. It would be nice if there was someone you could call to troll the trolls.


Strangely Halliburton seems to have done this:

http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2008/11/12/halliburton-patenting-pa...


What did happen to this application? Accepted or dismissed?


Surely there's been prior art.



Simple patent sending paper-based communication that is enveloped in a paper casing.




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