mattg3 - 9:12 pm on Dec 29, 2006 (gmt 0)

Also, did I find ANY prior art references completely absent, or did I miss something here? Isn't this a bit surprising?

Shouldn't a patent at least claim it's a unique idea [wasn't a patent once a claim to be the first that published it or something like that] .. bit like going into your viva and saying btw I copied that guys PhD ...