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US Patent Office rejects Microsoft's FAT patents | |
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| Time: 10:23 EST/15:23 GMT | News Source: the inquirer | Posted By: Byron Hinson | ||
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The Patent Microsoft attempted to file giving it control over the FAT file system has been rejected by the US Patent Office. While Microsoft can appeal for the Patent Office to consider it again, objections could quite conceivably cause it to be ruled invalid, once more. | ||
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| #1 By 3339 (64.160.58.137) at 9/30/2004 12:38:14 PM |
| No, one was challenged, one wasn't. The "click + hold" patent was granted by the USPTO but has not been challenged in court. This one has and has been rejected. |
| #2 By 3339 (64.160.58.137) at 9/30/2004 2:16:37 PM |
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I should clarify: this didn't go to court. But, unless a patent is opposed by a 3rd party, the USPTO accepts most patent claims if they do not see any counter claims to the patent via prior art or patents. This patent was initially set to be granted but PubPat opposed it in a third party reexamination hearing. This raises the level of legal criteria for a patent to be issued and the USPTO is required to further apply US Federal legal standards to the issuance of the claim. Thus, it was more a legal challenge and the USPTO had to evaluate the claim as if they were a federal court.
Thus far, no one cares to challenge some of the more frivolous patent claims. |
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