SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALTERING THE ENVIRONMENTAL NAMESPACES IN THE MICROSOFT MS-DOS AND WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEMS - Patent 0799452

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EP 0 799 452 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	08.10.1997 Bulletin 1997/41

(21)	Application number: 96933109.0

(22)	Date of filing: 25.09.1996

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G06F 9/ 06^{( . )}

G06F 9/ 445^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1996/015276

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1997/012327 (03.04.1997 Gazette 1997/15)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB IT NL

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Priority:

26.09.1995 US 19950533736

(71)	Applicant: SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
	Mountain View, CA 94043 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	CARNEY, Michael, W. Merrimac, MA 01860 (US)

(74)	Representative: Johnson, Terence Leslie
	Edward Evans & Co. Chancery House 53-64 Chancery Lane London WC2A 1SD London WC2A 1SD (GB)

(54)	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALTERING THE ENVIRONMENTAL NAMESPACES IN THE MICROSOFT MS-DOS AND WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEMS