Owner Microsoft Corporation

Inventors Dodge, Steve; Gounares, Alexander; Goldberg, Arin J.; Dresevic, Bodin; Turner, Jerome J.; Rhoten, Matthew Pail; Chambers, Robert L.; Raghupathy, Sashi; Kannapel, Timothy H.; Zielinski, Tobiasz; Szilagyi, Zoltan C.

Agent Davies Collison Cave

Pub. Number AU-B-2010201687

Parent 2003266779

Filing date 28 April 2010

Wipo publication date 20 May 2010

Acceptance publication date 11 August 2011

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