The US Patent and Trademark Office has declared that patents Microsoft holds on file allocation tables (FAT) are valid.美国专利和商标办公室已宣布，微软的专利持有的文件分配表（ FAT ）的有效期。 Unfortunately Linux OS uses FAT file system.不幸的Linux操作系统使用FAT档案系统。

Public Patent Foundation had moved last year to declare FAT patents invalid , but the US Patent Office ruled that the patent techniques are new and non obvious.公共专利基金会已迁居去年申报的专利无效，刘皇发，但美国专利局裁定，专利技术的新的和非显而易见的。

Florian Mueller, a noted campaigner against software patents, said: “This is now a situation in which Microsoft could cause major problems to Linux vendors and users.弗洛里穆勒，一指出，运动对软件专利，说： “这是现在这样一种局面，即微软可能会导致重大问题，以Linux厂商和用户。 Microsoft may not want to do that yet… but it gives Microsoft the strategic option to do so at a time of its choosing.”微软可能不希望这样做，但… …但它给微软的战略选择，这样做的时候，其选择“ 。

FAT patents now hang as damocles sword on Linux vendors users and may significantly affect its adoption in corporations.刘皇发的专利，现在坑作为达摩克利斯剑对Linux厂商和用户可能会大大影响其通过在公司。

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