EFF’s “Stupid Patent of the Month Award” for November 2014

" ‘The patent reads a little like what might result if you ate a dictionary filled with buzzwords and drank a bottle of tequila,’ writes EFF lawyer Daniel Nazer. He notes the patent was originally rejected by the patent office. ‘Penn State responded by amending its claim to 'include a team-oriented computer architecture that transforms subject matter.' In other words, it took an abstract patent and said, 'Do it on a computer.’ '"