[ADS-L] Microsoft fil es patent for verb conjugation software

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

In a message dated 9/1/06 3:16:06 PM, gbarrett at WORLDNEWYORK.ORG writes:


> According to Ars Technica, "Microsoft has filed an application to
> patent the selection and conjugation of verbs by a computer program."
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> http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060901-7646.html
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> The patent in question:
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> http://tinyurl.com/e5g7y
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> Grant Barrett
> Double-Tongued Dictionary
> http://www.doubletongued.org/
> editor at doubletongued.org
>
> The Official Dictionary of Unofficial English (May 2006, McGraw-Hill)
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071458042/
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The URL for the patent application itself leads to a page that says there are
zero results. Does this mean that the application has been withdrawn--or is
there something wrong with the URL?

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