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US 5559942

How Digital Sticky Notes Work Inside Computer Programs

A 1993 Apple patent for attaching digital sticky notes to documents so they move and behave like regular text or images within an application.

Statusactive

Granted1996

Expires2013

Claims54

Forward citations244

Prior art10

AssigneeApple Computer Inc

InventorsMichael L. Gough, Bruce V. Holloway

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