Received: from nf1.netforward.com (nf1.netforward.com [204.57.67.27]) by wallace.hotkey.net.au (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA00902 for ; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 23:22:57 +1100 (EST) X-Forwarder: NetForward.com Received: from www19.w3.org (www19.w3.org [18.29.0.19]) by mozart.hotspace.net.au (NTMail 3.02.13) with ESMTP id aa415662 for ; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 23:21:47 +1100 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by www19.w3.org (8.9.0/8.9.0) id HAA07087; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 07:21:38 -0500 (EST) Resent-Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 07:21:38 -0500 (EST) Resent-Message-Id: <199901261221.HAA07087@www19.w3.org> Message-Id: <2.2.32.19990126121926.008d239c@bluetit> X-Sender: rjb@bluetit X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.2 (32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 12:19:26 +0000 To: www-talk@w3.org From: Robin Bailey Subject: Re: Microsoft Style Sheet Patent Resent-From: www-talk@w3.org X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/3900 X-Loop: www-talk@w3.org Sender: www-talk-request@w3.org Resent-Sender: www-talk-request@w3.org Precedence: list Status: Thanks for using NetForward! http://www.netforward.com v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v At 15:26 25-01-99 -0500, you wrote: >Business as usual?: > > > US5860073: Style sheets for publishing system ... > Applicant(s): > Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA > >Issued/Filed Dates: > Jan. 12, 1999 / July 17, 1995 If I read this correctly, doesn't it mean that MS have now been issued with a patent which they filed for in 95, when it was probably thought of as a document/spreadsheet concept, rather than the cascading stylesheet (HTML) concept which has developed since then? Robin Bailey Cambridge UK