[OT] Microsoft filled patent applications for scoped and immutable types

[Ali Çehreli via Digitalmars-d]

On 08/26/2014 02:30 PM, Brad Anderson wrote:
> On Tuesday, 26 August 2014 at 21:26:36 UTC, H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d
> wrote:
>> D has had immutable for years! Surely that counts as prior art?? Does
>> the patent office accept prior art submissions?
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>> T
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> They do.
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> http://meta.patents.stackexchange.com/a/107

There has been some changes in the US since that article was written:

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_to_file_and_first_to_invent

Ali