> It is the title of the patent located on the upper left in google patent. If you search for linked list patent it comes up on patent storm. This does not seem to be a case of deception.
Titles are completely unrelated to the actually claims a patent makes. You can title your patent whatever you want, and it carries zero legal force when it comes to evaluating whether or not an invention is or is not covered by the patent in question.
If we assume the intent here isn't deception, then basing your description of what a patent covers on the patent's title at the very least betrays a deep ignorance of how patents actually function.
None of which is to say that this patent isn't bloody obvious or ought not to be struck down.
Titles are completely unrelated to the actually claims a patent makes. You can title your patent whatever you want, and it carries zero legal force when it comes to evaluating whether or not an invention is or is not covered by the patent in question.
If we assume the intent here isn't deception, then basing your description of what a patent covers on the patent's title at the very least betrays a deep ignorance of how patents actually function.
None of which is to say that this patent isn't bloody obvious or ought not to be struck down.