Re: Sharing the Family PC is Patent-Pending

[pltrgyst]

On 07 May 2004 18:35:44 +0200, LEE Sau Dan <danlee@informatik.uni-freiburg.de>
wrote:

>   .... that's not stopping Microsoft from
>    theodp> seeking a patent for 'Methods and arrangements for
>    theodp> providing multiple concurrent desktops and workspaces in a
>    theodp> shared computing environment,' the USPTO disclosed
>    theodp> Thursday.
>
>If this paragraph is really  disclosed by the USPTO, then that clearly
>indicates that the USPTO is  aware that there are plentiful prior art.
>Why are they still entertaining M$?

The meat of a patent is the claims. They are what may be issued or denied. They
are what is contestable in court. 

To evaluate the scope of this application, you need to analyze the claims very
carefully, with particular emphasis on the term "concurrent."

 All the discussion here thus far is pointless, politically-correct hot air.

-- Larry