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Microsoft FAT Patent Rejected

Posted by michael on from the 8.3-for-you-and-me dept.

dkh2 writes "It's being reported other places as well but, there's a very nice story over at Groklaw about efforts by the Public Patent Foundation (PubPat) to get Microsoft's patent on FAT restricted or revoked. Bearing in mind that Microsoft still has right of appeal, The USPTO has rejected Microsofts FAT patent." Our earlier story reported on efforts to overturn this patent.

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  1. Is this a patent system feature ? by mirko · · Score: 1, Troll

    I cannot believe this very patent was rejected, not that I am unhappy with this but we live in a world where one-click-buyis okay to patent, unlike a rudimentary but at least more complex file-system...
    Guess the patent people run Windows.

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  2. Let me be the first to say... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Thank God.

    Any refusal of software patent is good in my books.

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