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

H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d digitalmars-d at puremagic.com
Wed Aug 27 12:29:09 PDT 2014


On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 11:59:12AM -0700, Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> On 8/26/2014 12:37 PM, Max Klyga wrote:
> >Microsoft being microsoft again.
> >
> >http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2014/0196015.html - DECLARATION OF
> >LIFETIME OF RESOURCE REFERENCE
> >This contains description of scoped classes, etc.
> >
> >http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2014/0196008.html - IMMUTABLE
> >OBJECT TYPES
> >
> >I really hope patent office will reject these applications.
> >
> 
> The first release of D 2.000 in 2007 had transitive immutable types in
> it.

Since you're the inventor of D, perhaps it would be best if you could
submit a prior art submission to the patent office? (Somebody has
already posted links earlier in this thread where you can submit it to
them directly.)


T

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