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Inventor

Brent Rector

Patents indexed

1

Year range

2017

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Years active

2017

Total patents

1

Most recent

2017

Frequent collaborator

William Messmer

Domains

softwareconsumer_electronicstelecommunications

Activity by decade

2010s
1

Patents

1

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1 patents, in 2017

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20172018

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US 9830146·2017·Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC

How Software Developers Keep Track of API Versions Automatically

A system that automatically tags software building blocks with version data to prevent developers from accidentally breaking code when updating operating systems.

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