[JDEV] Microsoft Patenting IM Translation

[Sebastian Vollnhals]

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> Alternately, you may publicly document all ideas to prevent new patents
> from being accepted.   And the documentation of those ideas must be in
> forums that the patent office will notice in evaluating claims...
> Otherwise, it will require litigation to expose your work as prior art.
> (Meaning, i don't think the patent office will search JDEV or other
> online forums to test claims prior to making its decisions.)

is there any possibility to tell the patent office, that something is not 
patentable? (for example by expressively "not-patenting" an idea, software, 
etc)

Sebastian 

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