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Microsoft hits 10,000th patent

Andrew Lyle   on 10 February 2009 - 17:33 · 12 comments & 3691 views

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Microsoft has surpassed its next milestone in the race to patent its operating system. The company has been trying to file as many patents within the last two years to safe guard its innovations. The company has been approved with over 5,000 patents within the last two years. With the patents, has come with an increase in law suits all around the board against the software giant who has more than 100 people in its patent support group, including 40 attorneys, working to prevent such lawsuits.

Microsoft gives up to $1500 per patent filed along with the detailed information on a cube with the invention, to the workers, with a plague with the first page of the patent to hang up. The benefit of filing a patent on its software to prevent companies ripping off their ideas and innovations seems to be on top of Microsoft's list these days to reduce the number of lawsuits filed yearly against the company.

The 10,000th patent deals with the technology used in computers like Microsoft's Surface that link a real-world object with a set of data or images stored on a computer.

The 5,000th patent deals with linking a virtual audience of online gaming fans, a technology used in Microsoft's Xbox360 console.

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(2 replies) #1 C_Guy on 10 Feb 2009 - 20:28
Can't say I blame them after Apple makes such ridiculous claims of Redmond being a "copycat". Gee, Apple, where did all your ideas come from? Hhmmm....
#1.1 Xero on 10 Feb 2009 - 20:38
Same place as Microsoft, from people. Get over it.
#1.2 James812 on 10 Feb 2009 - 21:56
C_Guy said,
Can't say I blame them after Apple makes such ridiculous claims of Redmond being a "copycat". Gee, Apple, where did all your ideas come from? Hhmmm....


Apple and Microsoft both do it.. So *shrugs*
(1 reply) #2 +Chrono951 on 10 Feb 2009 - 20:39
Microsoft gives a plague to its employees to hang up? That sounds terrible!
#2.1 vetHoward on 11 Feb 2009 - 00:09
plague
an infectious, epidemic disease caused by a bacterium, Yersinia pestis, characterized by fever, chills, and prostration, transmitted to humans from rats by means of Microsoft patents.
#3 +techbeck on 10 Feb 2009 - 21:16
Everyone copies everyone these days. Nothing is truely original.
(1 reply) #4 buletov on 10 Feb 2009 - 21:36
As long as they don't try to patent breathing in and breathing out...
#4.1 +King Mustard on 10 Feb 2009 - 21:48
Yeh, I have that patent.
#5 luis mazza on 10 Feb 2009 - 22:17
I wonder where are all those "innovations". They should file a patent for innovation. If someone does innovate, then itīs already under a patent. Makes things easier the way they are today.
#6 Homer Smith on 10 Feb 2009 - 22:42
Whoop de doo, Microsoft hit thier 10,000 I wonder how many of those patents were actually worth doing?
(1 reply) #7 Mista T on 10 Feb 2009 - 22:49
Wonder if LTD is going to say something about this.........
#7.1 9UnknownMen on 11 Feb 2009 - 03:17
Bouncy icons FTW!

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