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Default [gigaom] No, Seriously: Microsoft Patents Page Up & Page Down
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Put this in the category of “you gotta be kidding me.” Microsoft has applied for and received a patent (U.S. Patent #7,415,666) that essentially patents “Page Up/Page Down” functionality. The patent (Timothy D Sellers, Heather L. Grantham, Joshua A. Dersch) that was filed in March 2005 is yet another proof that our patent system is as (if not more) dysfunctional as Britney Spears.
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Lol I wonder if they can prove it
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I'm speechless...

When will they patent the air we breath?
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you all realize they aren't patenting the pg up and pg down keys. they're patenting their own NEW but obviously similar code that will scroll exactly a page, and adapt the zoom at the same time. the current pg up and pg down are not the matter here
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