Todd Walton said:
> http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6,895,426.WKU.&OS=PN/6,895,426&RS=PN/6,895,426
>
> The patent says it all.
>

So microsoft patented abstacting and email address to an icon? We need
to replace the entire patent office with a rubber stamp if they see
this as a patentable invention.

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