Microsoft Patents 'IsNot'

[Tim Roberts]

"Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:

>Neal D. Becker wrote:
>> Doesn't Python (along with probably every other language ever invented)
>> display prior art here?
>
>Wrt. claim 1, yes. Actually, C is prior art here: you have two
>expressions representing pointers, and you have a system where
>you can determine that the pointers refer to different memory
>locations.
>
>Wrt. claim 2, nothing is prior art.

Claims 1, 15, and 21 are the only independent claims.  If claim 1 is deemed
invalid, because of the obvious prior art, then all the claims that
elaborate upon it (that is, 2 through 14) are also invalid.
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- Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
  Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.