It means that if a real estate agent lists a house for sale, he can be sued because an existing patent for selling houses includes item No. 7, "List the house." It means nobody can write a dinosaur story because my patent includes 257 items covering all aspects of behavior, like item No. 13, "Dinosaurs attack humans and other dinosaurs."
Well, Crichton of course, is having a laugh, but he is highlighting the patently absurd US patent laws. The original article is about a court case which will be decided tomorrow on whether a company can patent a link between lack of a chemical and a vitamin deficiency!
ie a natural occurance.
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