On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 11:04:39 +0200, jpinkerton wrote
All this is all very well, but there appears to be no procedure for putting
a case to the USPO concerning prior-art or obviousness. Do you know
of any such procedure? Without an opportunity to put a case,
there's little point in discussing what the case will be :-/
AFAIK, there is no way to do that. You have to wait until after the patent is
granted, then challenge it in court. The problem, of course, is that hardly
anyone has enough money to take on Microsoft's legal team.