A method of formatting documents
CA 2503636 C · Owner: O'Brien, Stephen James · Inventors: O'Brien, Stephen James
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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The present invention provides a method of preparing content with design in a presentation that is suitable for printing and/or electronic publishing. The method utilises content data including alphanumeric and/or graphical elements, and design data including a rule or rules associated with a particular alphanumeric element or graphical element. This can be used to define a scoring system which defines a score dependent on a degree of conformance of layouts to the rules with the, layout being selected in accordance with the resulting score.
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- Filed November 18, 2003 and granted April 17, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 18, 2023.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by November 18, 2025.
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