I just got an email from a guy who works as a patent examiner for the European Patent Office. He was quite taken by latest patent jibes ("Patenting a Canary," June 9, and "Patenting the Canary Cage," June 11) -- so much so that he showed them to the people responsible for training new patent examiners. Apparently they might end up being included in the training material. :)
Ah, doing good in the world...