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Old 22nd August 2008, 06:45 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ThirdWizard View Post
Microsoft recently patented Page Up/Page Down
Wow. Just... wow....

Note, too, that the patent was filed in 2005, but was just granted on Monday (if I'm reading it right). Does that mean all non-Microsoft keyboard manufacturers have to remove the page up/page down keys or pay a usage fee to MS?

Edit: I feel like there's got to be "prior art" for this. I know keyboards were being manufactured with page up and page down buttons before 2005.
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Last edited by Merkuri; 22nd August 2008 at 07:04 PM.. Reason: One more thought - got eaten by a lag spike originally
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