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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:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2003
Applicants:
Dan Altman, Kirkland, WA (US);
David Switzer, Redmond, WA (US);
Christopher Michael Shelley, Bellevue, WA (US);
Richard Grutzmacher, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Dan Altman, Kirkland, WA (US);
David Switzer, Redmond, WA (US);
Christopher Michael Shelley, Bellevue, WA (US);
Richard Grutzmacher, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/21 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for inserting space is described. A user may designate content to be inserted into a document and have the system insert space to accommodate the new content. The system and method permit some content to overlie other content as may be intended by a user.