Gotta be a joke,
just to see how stoopud the USPTO really is. Wouldn't be surprised if there was a "friendly wager" somewhere as to whether this was really granted.
In the meantime, I can just see the code:
\n if (p ==/* patent pending */ NULL)\n
jb4
shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf. BULLSHIT