[dba-Tech] More revenue for Microsoft

Francisco H Tapia my.lists at verizon.net
Thu Dec 4 18:40:42 CST 2003


Francisco H Tapia wrote:

> Stuart McLachlan wrote:
>
>> Why does this remind me of the drug pusher's technique of supplying 
>> drugs for free until you  are hooked?
>>
>> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0312/03120403microsoftisfat.asp  
>>
> how long is the patent for?, when will expire?
>
Ok, found out that it's for the next couple of years :(

http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/srchnum.htm

U.S. Patent #5,579,517
U.S. Patent #5,745,902
U.S. Patent #5,758,352
U.S. Patent #6,286,013

-- 
-Francisco




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