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Microsoft seeks XML-related patents
Last modified: January 23, 2004, 12:24 PM PST
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XML-related patents> Becker
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Microsoft has applied for patents that could prevent competing applications
from reading documents created with the latest version of the software
giant's Office program.
The company filed similar patent
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B%3DEPODOC%26IDX%3DEP1376387%26QPN%3DEP1376387&siteId=3&oId=2100-1013-514658
1&ontId=7343&lop=nl_ex> applications in New Zealand and the European Union
that cover word processing documents stored in the XML (Extensible Markup
Language) format. The proposed patent would cover methods for an application
other than the original word processor to access data in the document. The
U.S. Patent Office had no record of a similar application.
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