Re: Patent Expiration (was: Boycott on Unisys still effective)

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From: Michael McGuire
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 1995 01:44

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Roy Ivy III (royi@netcom.com) wrote:
: In article <1995Jan11.155605.3593@unislc.slc.unisys.com> msmith@unislc.slc.unisys.com
: (Matt Smith) writes:

: [much interesting info/analogy about the GIF patent problem]

: But (correct me if I'm wrong) doesn't that patent expire in the fairly near
: future?  I thought this patent was awarded in '85 or close to that and should
: expire in the near future (award + 7 years?).

: Curious.
: - Roy Ivy III
patents last 17 years so you are right, it expires in 7 years, 2002.
Unfortunately that is practically infinite time on the scale that things are
happening on the net let alone the rest of the world

Mike
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Subject: Re: Patent Expiration (was: Boycott on Unisys still effective)
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