According to foreign media reports, the recent access to an XML document object into the controversial patents in the industry.Microsoft's patent strategy has been questioned, the U.S. Patent Office has also been criticism of the industry.Microsoft has done for their own defense, saying the company's all patents are of high quality, but also by the multi-party praise.
Microsoft's XML-related patents that the U.S. Patent Office on Tuesday approved the main contents of the patent XML serialization (serialisation) and non-serialized (deserialisation), that is, the program objects into XML files, or XMLrestore the program object file.The patent was granted after the criticism of many software developers, they think it is a basic programming concepts, but also to use XML to share data necessary for the application of a concept.
A Microsoft spokesman said: "As a leading software company, we have been committed to research and development, now we already have thousands of patents. Research shows that our innovative in terms of the whole industry is very significant. In 2003, MassachusettsInstitute for the evaluation of our intellectual property, the final score to us in the forefront of all technology companies. "Microsoft has not published the Massachusetts Institute of Technology report in more detail, nor does it explain why the XML patent is an innovation.
For the United States Patent Office granted Microsoft's XML serialization patent, many people expressed dissatisfaction with the industry.One analyst said: "XML as a data storage format appear special, and program objects from the data component, the so-called XML serialization is that it only has the function of natural, what innovation is there?"
Software Engineer Roddick - Klein (Roderick Klein) is criticized on the U.S. Patent Office, said: "This patent from Microsoft, the U.S. Patent Office approval of some officials responsible for patent no IT expertise. Every yearThere are so many incredible patent granted sufficient proof of this. "So far, the U.S. Patent Office has not yet reached for comment.