Good to know the patent office is at least consistant in their stupidity.
From Slashdot:
Microsoft Patents The Task List
'Better not get too fancy with your grocery list, now that Microsoft has <a href="http://news.com.com/Microsoft+checks+off+patent+win/2100-1008_3-5228693.html?tag=nefd.top">patented a glorified form of the to-do list.'</a> Issued Tuesday, <a href="http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=6,748,582">the patent</a> covers the use of a 'task list' generated from 'TODO' comments in source code.