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=== Notable due to proprietor hyperbole === * {{Cite patent|country=US|number=5241671}} : Owned at various times by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. and Compton's NewMedia, Inc. this patent was granted in August 1993. Just a few months later, in November 1993, Compton's announced that "Everything that is now multimedia and computer-based utilizes this invention" and tried to use the patent to ensure that everyone licensed their software.<ref>[http://www.gordoni.com/software-patents/articles/compton.html Key Patent To Shake Multimedia Industry], San Francisco Chronicle, November 15, 1993</ref> Although a cursory review of the granted claims showed this statement to be mere hyperbole, there was nonetheless an outcry from the industry and the patent was revoked following re-examination.<ref>[http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/199403/msg00104.html Patent Office Reject Compton's NewMedia Patent] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061022230429/http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/199403/msg00104.html |date=2006-10-22 }}, March 24, 1994</ref> * {{Cite patent|country=US|number=5842213}} and {{Cite patent|country=US|number=6393426}} : Patents owned by Scientigo and claimed by them to cover the markup language [[XML]], a notion rejected by patent attorneys and other commentators including Microsoft.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120712154124/http://news.com.com/Small+company+makes+big+claims+on+XML+patents/2100-1014_3-5905949.html Small company makes big claims on XML patents], Martin LaMonica, CNET News.com, October 21, 2005</ref>
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