neuron - 7:49 am on Jun 8, 2006 (gmt 0)

I cannot really see anything significant here either, in this newest patent grant, but it does make the hair on the back of my neck stand up.

Method for node ranking in a linked database [patft.uspto.gov] Filed January 9, 1998, Granted September 4, 2001
Method for scoring documents in a linked database [patft.uspto.gov] Filed July 6, 2001, Granted September 28, 2004
Method for node ranking in a linked database [patft.uspto.gov] Filed July 2, 2001, Granted June 6, 2006