Subject: RE: Microsoft patent on Translate header field

From: "John Best" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 09:48:14 -0000

They have a patent on including a specific header?

Blimey, I thought patents where for inventions, not a petty change to something.

John B.

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Well, that pretty much settles the argument over the use of Translate. :-)

- Jim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email-masked]
> [mailto:[email-masked]]On Behalf Of Roy T. Fielding
> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 2:52 PM
> To: [email-masked]
> Subject: Microsoft patent on Translate header field
> 
> 
> 
> US Patent 6,449,633.  Whatever.
> 
> http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph- 
> Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/ 
> srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6,449,633.WKU.&OS=PN/6,449,633&RS=PN/ 
> 6,449,633
> 
> ....Roy

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