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February 1, 2002

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Intellectual Improprieties

A leading gadfly picks some of the worst patents of all time

By Steve Ditlea

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Steve Ditlea is a freelance journalist who has been writing about personal computers since 1978.

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This article was originally published with the title “Intellectual Improprieties” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 286 No. 2 (February 2002)

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