- From: Mike Leach (Cubic Compass) <mike@cubiccompass.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 17:14:29 -0700
- To: <TheoDP@aol.com>, <public-web-plugins@w3.org>
Let's be fair here. Microsoft, and several others on this list, correctly argued that sufficient prior art exists to warrant a re-examination of the Eolas patent, which would hopefully render it as obvious. Other media sources and lists may be a more receptive channel to these sarcastic twists of facts. -ml -----Original Message----- From: public-web-plugins-request@w3.org [mailto:public-web-plugins-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of TheoDP@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 4:24 PM To: public-web-plugins@w3.org Subject: Microsoft Proves Pronouns Patentable Five days after arguing that the Eolas browser plug-in patent should be invalidated as obvious, Microsoft pocketed a patent of its own for 'Computer programming language pronouns', which covers the use of ellipses, blanks, and ditto marks as substitutes for names in a computer programming language. Perhaps the USPTO was won over by the patent's eloquent conclusion: 'Eliminating names is a substantial benefit as programmers dislike creating names.' See the patent at: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=6,748,585
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