• To: Rich Salz <rsalz@d...>
• Subject: Re: Another Microsoft XML patent
• From: "M. David Peterson" <m.david.x2x2x@g...>
• Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2005 10:51:07 -0600
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• Reply-to: "M. David Peterson" <m.david.x2x2x@g...>

Thanks Rich!  

This helps explain at least part of the reason why "Patent Pending"
seems to be more label dominant than "U.S. Patent #1234567890".  I've
always seen it as a marketing gimmick more than anything else but 4
years is definitely long enough to justify things a bit further than a
gimmick and more towards a necessity, especially in legitimate
"patent-is-possible-if-not-guaranteed" cases.

On 6/5/05, Rich Salz <rsalz@d...> wrote:
> > More of a question... Is the 4 +/- years between submission and grant
> > fairly typical of any patent
> 
> Yes.
> 
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