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

["Jérôme M. Berger" via Digitalmars-d]

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

	The patent number is the one in the "Document type and number"
field, where it says "United States Patent Application XXXXXXXXXXXX"
(even though it says "application" in the text) and the application
number is the one in the "Application number" field.

	So for patent number 20140196015, the application number is
13/734762 and for patent number 20140196008, the application number
is 13/734750.

		Jerome