Neil Schneider wrote:
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.
The patent process is broken. The onus is on the patent filer to search
for prior art. There is little incentive to do a thorough job if you are
a company like MS who has deep pockets to defend an illegitimate patent.
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