Solid Color Pattern definition results in 1px x 1px

Would appreciate if this could be checked out:
Summary:
When a new pattern is defined, based on a selected area, it is saved as a 1pixel x 1 pixel pattern swatch - regardless of the actual size of the selection used to create it.
Photoshop CS6, Windows 7 64bit.
Steps to reproduce:
Create new document: Web preset, 800 x 600 px.
Draw a square selection with the rectangular marquee - 100 px x 100 px.
Fill with a flat colour.
Menu: Edit > Define Pattern. Save pattern.
Drop the selection.
Menu: Edit > Fill.
Contents: Use Pattern. Click on pattern swatch to open the pattern swatch dialog.
Mouse over the pattern you've just saved. Tool tip reports a 1 px x 1px pattern.
I'd suggest you cancel out of the dialog at this stage.
I can confirm that this is 1 x 1 pattern, rather than just a labelling error by filling a small selection using the random scripted pattern fill.

Chris - in that case it must be my error.
I've been using Photoshop pretty much as long as you've been writing it - and I'd not seen this 'shrinking' before, hence me believing it was a CS6 issue. Still, one pattern definition error in twenty years isn't a bad record
Steve - thanks for your assistance too. I hadn't kept the sample. I had to get the job done, so I just moved on and modified some standard noise to get me by.
One aside from this - not a coding or engineering issue, but it does relate to patterns:
Who decides what the 'default' presets are?
The reason I ask is that when I'm teaching I find that new users look in the pattern dialog, see the defaults, aren't impressed - and without encouragement, wouldn't have looked further. It looks like you've added a few for this release, but perhaps a wider range of sample patterns in the default set would be good, or maybe even choose new presets for each full or x.5 release?
I guess one of you guys would know, but 'Bubbles' and Tie Dye' seem to have been on duty a very long time...

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