GROKLAW: PubPat Files Request for Reconsideration of MS's Patent on the FAT File System

GROKLAW is reporting that PubPat has filed a request for the USPTO to reconsider the patent Microsoft holds on the FAT file system.

The Public Patent Foundation has some news for us. They just filed a formal request with the USPTO today, asking them to revoke Microsoft's patent on the FAT file system because, they say, it's causing significant public harm. 'Microsoft is using its control over the interchange of digital media to aid its ongoing effort to deter competition,' the request states. With the request, they filed some prior art to demonstate that the patent was obvious and shouldn't have been granted in the first place.