Re: Utility window architecture question
Re: Utility window architecture question
- Subject: Re: Utility window architecture question
- From: Ondra Cada <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 22:02:56 +0200
On Sunday, May 19, 2002, at 09:55 , Rosyna wrote:
Sorry to burst your bubble, but Adobe did. The patent was tested in court
and was not repealed. Therefore, it is valid. Pull out tabs is a unique
idea. It is not obvious if you had never seen it before.
It is very extremely obvious, and incidentally, first time I've seen it
IIRC in some obscure ATARI ST tool in, I believe, 1987 (might be wrong, it'
s too long ago).
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='5,870,091'.WKU.&OS=PN/5,870,
091&RS=PN/5,870,091
Patent 5,870,091
Well, it just seems that...
Or did the U.S. patent law go entirely mad?
...this hypothesis proved very true.
Has anybody patented wheel yet? If not, I volunteer!
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