Amazon sneaks one-click past the patent system »

By changing the word ‘a’ to ‘the’ and adding the phrase ‘purchasable through a shopping cart model,’ lawyers for Amazon.com have apparently managed to reinstate two of CEO Jeff Bezos’ 1-Click Patent claims that were rejected a month earlier.

‘Patent Owner’s Rep was informed that the proposed addition to the claims appear to place the claims in condition of patentability,’ writes the USPTO in its Ex Parte Reexamination Interview Summary of the 11-15 conference call that was…