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Microsoft's Bold Patent Move

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the is-this-actually-real dept.

theodp writes "On Thursday, the USPTO disclosed that Microsoft has a patent pending for displaying numbers in a box to make them stand out. " Check out the images to see the power of this breakthrough patent. That's almost impossible to do without patents.

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  1. Re:Am I dumb? by digidave · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I can explain: story submitters are unable to link to the correct patents. Don't worry, some Slashdotter with time to search will post a link to the correct one. It will then be revealed that the patent is not at all similar to the Slashdot blurb, but is very stupid anyhow.

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