Unisys announced that they have received a patent for a natural language technology. The patent title is a “System and method for creating a language grammar using a spreadsheet or table interface”. I don’t know too much about natural language processing, but I do know enough about computer software to feel a bit wary at the description of the system and algorithm being patented. If anyone else uses this same method to create a grammar, they would be in violation. sigh. Yeah, and I used a spreadsheet to add a few numbers together for my taxes…can I patent that too? (sadly, probably.)