By chance I came along US patent 7472343, Publication
date30 Dec 2008.
Claim 1 reads:
A computer-implemented method of generating data representing a master document for
use in an automated document generation system, the master document including
predetermined elements of document
Err... do its due diligence...
Dang fumblefingers...
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[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Harding, Dan
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 9:10 AM
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: Is the use of master pages a patent
Desktop publishing software of all makes have been using Master Pages far
longer than since 2008. That patent would be very difficult, if not impossible,
to enforce. This is a case where the patent office did not sue its due
diligence in awarding the patent, IMO.
-Dan
From:
Agreed.
This is not a legal opinion, but in my limited expertise, it (the patent) would
be likely invalidated due to prior art, based on prior heartbeat. I doubt the
patent holder will try to sue for these claims since an invalidation on a few
claims would cast doubt on the other claims in the
At 03:15 a.m. 19/03/2015, Harding, Dan wrote:
Dang fumblefingersÂ…
Careful, I have a patent application on that.
;-)
Helen
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