[Gllug] FAT patent

[Rob Crowther]

Chris Bell wrote:
> Hello,
>    I have just seen an (unconfirmed) report that the US Patent Office has
> awarded Microsoft patent rights over its File Allocation Table
> 
It was awarded in 1996, it was rejected after appeal in 2004:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09/30/microsoft_fat_patent_rejected/

Rob
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