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In another show of how the patent process needs to be updated, we heard that a Company claims patent win in online rich media.

Internet design company Balthaser announced Tuesday that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted it a patent for the design and creation of rich-media services over the Internet.

According to information on the Patent Office’s Web site, this patent covers “methods, systems and processes for the design and creation of rich-media applications via the Internet.”

According to a summary of the patent, “the present invention relates to the method of providing users with the ability to create rich-media applications via the Internet.”

Balthaser apparently intends to license the patent to companies that deliver rich-media services over the Web using technologies such as Adobe Systems’ Flash, AJAX and Java.

The company filed the patent in 2001???? Wow.