Re: cats and lasers

[Mark Atwood <mra at pobox.com>]

"Perry E. Metzger" <perry at PIERMONT.COM> writes:
> Following my reply to the "this has to be the stupidest patent I've
> ever heard of", several people wrote to me to say they couldn't find
> the "cats and laser pointers" patent. It is:
> 
> http://www.patents.ibm.com/details?&pn=US05443036__

My cat and I were given a laser pen as a joint present a few years
back, to do this very thing.  This is like granting a patent for using
a hammer to crack nuts instead of drive nails.

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