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jmugan
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Microsoft patent: Creating a conversational chat b...
The chatbot part was a subset of what I was doing.
jmugan
on Jan 4, 2021
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It was the patent application supporting Happy Cyborg
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140927011544-42285562-you-a...
SideQuark
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The patent app you linked doesn't mention a chatbot in any claims, which is all that matters. Saying it was for some project has zero relevance to the patent system.
Care to list the claims in your patent you think are the same as the MS claims?
jmugan
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"Chatting" is just another kind of action.
SideQuark
on Jan 5, 2021
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So by not mentioning something in patent claims this nonetheless would have patented it?
jmugan
on Jan 5, 2021
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I don't quite follow. The link to the blog post was just for background information. Let's agree to disagree and leave it at that.
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