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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 01, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark A Malamud, Seattle, WA (US);
John E Elsbree, Everett, WA (US);
Erik A Gavriluk, Seattle, WA (US);
David E McCauley, III, Redmond, WA (US);
Steve Madigan, Redmond, WA (US);
Joyce A Grauman, Seattle, WA (US);
David A Barnes, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395348 ; 395326 ; 395333 ;
Abstract
File rack icons are provided to logically group object icons on the screen of a video display. The file rack icon consolidates the grouped icons so that they occupy less of the screen of the video display. The file rack icon is available in alternative forms. In addition, object icons may be dragged into or dragged out of a file rack icon so as to dynamically alter the icons grouped by the file rack icon.