[Gllug] MS patents tabbing through hyperlinks

[Richard Jones]

On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 12:10:33PM +0100, Martin A. Brooks wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-09-03 at 11:59, Richard Jones wrote:
> > http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=6,785,865
> > 
> > Software patents.  Coming soon to a country near you.
> 
> No they haven't.  They patented _using the tab key_ to navigate web
> pages.  

Sorry yes, the subject line is ... misleading, or wrong.

Microsoft have, however, patented something which is blindingly
obvious and covered by extensive prior art.  The wonderful USPTO spent
seven years looking at this before finally granting it, yet somehow
missed these points.

Rich.

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