11.Jan.2006
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Heise: Microsoft verifies FAT patents
German it news service Heise report the U.S. patent and trade
department (USPTO) verified two debatably patent belonging to
the FAT file system ("Common name space for long and short
filenames", US patents 5,579,517 and 5,758,352).
The decision was based upon the assumption that these
techniques are not "prior art" but a new invention and is
final.
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