] The Patent Office has issued an order granting their
] request for reexamination of MS's patent on the FAT file
] system on the grounds that they had raised "a substantial
] new question of patentability" regarding that patent
] claim. Naturally, PubPat is pleased. "This is the first
] step towards ending the harm being caused to the public
] by this patent that should have never been issued," said
] Dan Ravicher in the press release. Here it is in full:

... given that M$ filed the FAT patent purely to extort money
from flash media vendors. Yay.

US PTO to Reexamine M$ FAT Patent