The wheel, the bible and human dna...,all things that are patented, believe it or not.
The face of the man in the moon, yes the illusion of seeing a face in the moon, is patented as is the act of swinging on a swing and, just as surprisingly the steering wheel is also patented.Pressing the page up or page down keys to scroll up or down a page has been patented, courtesy of Microsoft, and yes even one of the oldest inventions known to man, the wheel, has itself been patented (back in 2001) and while most of these patents are American the UK manages to hold a little known yet surprising patent of its own that, unlike most patents, will never end.
The bible.
Yes, THE bible.
The bible, specifically the 1611 King James Version, is copyright and patented by the UK crown (the royal family) and as such never runs out. The patent is only applicable in countries ruled by the crown but still, it is an unexpected thing to be patented.
If you use apps on your phone while making a phone call, or you use a keyboard on your phone or tablet that can display either letters and numbers or symbols then you are unwittingly breaking two of Apples patents and if you use a laser pointer to exercise your pet, well, you guessed it - using a handheld laser device to get a pets attention is also patented.
And last but by no means least your dna is also patented, or at least 20% is. The American patent office have over the years granted over fourty thousand patents on different sections of the human genome which covers 20% of all dna found inside each and every human being.
