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Microsoft Patents 'Phone-Home' Failure Reporting

Posted by michael on from the uspto-funding-based-on-number-of-patents-granted dept.

theodp writes "On Tuesday, the USPTO awarded a patent to Microsoft for its Method and system for reporting a program failure, although a much more sophisticated version of this technology has been standard on IBM mainframes for years. Maybe prior art searches will improve once the USPTO moves into the new two million square foot USPTO campus, which includes five interconnected buildings, a twelve-story atrium, a landscaped two-acre park, and a museum."

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  1. Re:the US PTO is a profit-center, not a regulator by GoofyBoy · · Score: 0, Flamebait


    Yeah, I want mandatory strippers and lap-dances too.

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