Version management tool
Patent 4912637 Issued on March 27, 1990. Estimated Expiration Date: 
April 26, 2008. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
April 26, 2008. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesSoftware version management system Patent #: 4558413 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 183190 filed on 04/26/1988US Classes:707/203Version managementExaminersPrimary: Zache, Raulfe B.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG06F 001/00AbstractA system for preserving, generating, and merging different versions of a common module that utilizes a line file storing the text of every line in a version and addressing each line with a unique line identifier. Any desired version may be generated directly without creating intermediate versions. The unique line identifiers facilitate a merge operation that does not duplicate lines. | |
