Glenn Cole <GLENN_COLE@NON-HP-SANTACLARA- OM10.OM.HP.COM> writes:

> This bizarre story was reported on c|net's NEWS.COM this afternoon:
>
>         Aircraft manufacturer McDonnell Douglas has received a patent for
a
>         software technique called "windowing" that is used to fix computer
>         code and has handed the patent over to the technique's inventor.
>
>         Lawyers for inventor Bruce Dickens are reportedly threatening
legal
>         action to enforce payments from Fortune 500 companies that have
>         used software fixes based on the now-patented technology.
>
> The story is at
>         http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1009-200-1426450.html
>
> No word is given regarding the patent date.
>
> (I thought patents were for "non-obvious" designs and techniques!)

Quick!  Somebody patent the "A0" date format and the CCYYMMDD format as
well.  Isn't America great! :-)

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