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bhavin on Sept 28, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Patent US6368227 - Method of swinging on a swing

No they don't. In both cases, this patent is cited by the examiner, who probably had good sense of humor.

dctoedt on Sept 28, 2012 [–]

If a patent examiner cited the swinging patent in an application involving actual technology, I would guess the examiner might have intended the citation as a red flag, a signal to future judges and juries that the examiner regarded the application as bogus but couldn't prove it.

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