But they designed it using something that Microsoft had patented.
Le format était conçu à partir d'un brevet que Microsoft avait déposé.
What if they had patented pop-up menus, scrollbars, the desktop with icons that look like folders and sheets of paper?
Et s'ils avaient breveté le menu déroulant, les barres de défilement, le bureau avec les icônes qui ressemblent à des dossiers et à des feuilles de papiers ?
By 1824, Aspdin had patented this new cement composition and called it Portland cement because the substance looked like Portland stone, which was commonly used in England.
En 1824, Aspdin avait breveté cette nouvelle composition de ciment et l'a appelé ciment Portland parce que la substance ressemblait à la pierre de Portland, qui était couramment utilisée en Angleterre.
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