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

[Idan Arye via Digitalmars-d]

On Wednesday, 27 August 2014 at 19:35:38 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 8/26/2014 2:30 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?
>>>
>>>
>>> T
>>
>> They do.
>>
>> http://meta.patents.stackexchange.com/a/107
>
> Well, I attempted to make a filing of prior art. The 
> application form requires an "application number" and a "patent 
> number". I can't find the patent number, and the form rejects 
> my filing.
>
> https://efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered?ActionString=go.Begin

There is a number in the patents' page at 
http://www.freepatentsonline.com labeld under "Document Type and 
Number":


Title: DECLARATION OF LIFETIME OF RESOURCE REFERENCE
Document Type and Number: United States Patent Application 
20140196015

Title: IMMUTABLE OBJECT TYPES
Document Type and Number: United States Patent Application 
20140196008


Aren't these the patent numbers?