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FAT not the problemFAT not the problemPosted Dec 8, 2003 18:52 UTC (Mon) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330)In reply to: FAT not the problem by ncm Parent article: Microsoft aiming IBM-scale patent program at Linux? (Register)
You're assuming that the patent is valid; first look for prior art.
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FAT not the problem Posted Dec 9, 2003 4:17 UTC (Tue) by larryblunk (guest, #12587) [Link] Patent 5,579,517 mentions a couple of articles from PC Magazineon "long file names and extended attributes" that were published in April and May of 1990. They were written by one of the patent authors, Ray Duncan. However, the initial patent application was not filed until April 1, 1993. I was under the impression you only had a year to file from the date of the initial publication of the details of your patent claims. Perhaps, the extensions mentioned in the PC Magazine articles are substantially different from what's in the patent claims. However, it would seem to be worthwhile to look up these articles. I wonder if the patent examiner even bothered to do this?
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