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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. No wonder Einstein left the USPTO by Dark+Coder · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    How does getting a bigger cubicle farm works for the beleaguered PTO analysts.

    I hope most everyone agrees with me but I work better in a real tight cubby hole with a stool and a glowing 21" flat CRT screen.

    Bigger cubes is lower productivity.

    Einstein proved it!

  2. Re:the US PTO is a profit-center, not a regulator by Elektroschock · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Nice text. Who is the author, may we quote it?