This is How Stupid a Patent Can Be

EFF website had their Stupid Patent of the Month released yesterday. And this U.S. Patent No. 8,762,173 describes the following steps in their claim 1,

a.    take a telephone call from patient   

b.    record patient info in a patient file   

c.    send patient information to a doctor, ask the doctor if she wants to talk to the patient   

d.    call the patient back and transfer the call to the doctor   

e.    record the call   

f.     add the recorded call to the patient file and send to doctor   

g.    do steps a. – f. with a computer.

 

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/07/inaugural-stupid-patent-month