WTF, maybe they're not being clear enough but there's a patent on the method of data transfer from excel to access and it's not owned by MS and to top it off the guy can get the patent even though MS owns the software his patent utilizes? Maybe I'm just reading it wrong but there are too many BS patents as is. What next someone is gonna get a patent on the best way to open a door? It's sad modern day patents are the main reason why the world is lacking great inventors, with the cost of patents the average person can't afford to protect his invention and if they could they would probably infringe on some BS patent that some big corp threw out there just because they could.
I'd really like to see more of the details regarding this patent, I didn't think it was possible to patent intellectual property. Copyright yes but patent, haven't seen any patented software yet.
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