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Article #73984Re: Patent on a standard-byte order for intermachine communication
From: Mark Costlow
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1991 00:32
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1991 00:32
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In article <1991Jul16.161324.249@zia.aoc.nrao.edu>, cflatter@zia.aoc.nrao.edu (Chris Flatters) writes:
> The extracts from patent number 4,956,809 posted by Mark Costlow give
> the filing date as December 29, 1988. Why must any proof of prior art
> be from mid-1982 or earlier? Isn't it sufficient that it is prior to
> the filing date? I am assuming that neither Mark nor RMS made a typo.
>
Yes, I thought that was strange too. I have checked and re-checked many
times, and the info we have in our database (straight from the USPTO) is:
filed 12/129/88, issued 9/11/90. So, that still leaves the question: why
must the proof be before 1982?
Mark (whose mail connection is screwed up due to circumstances beyond my
control. If you reply to me, be patient -- it may take a couple days
b4 I get the reply. Ugh!)
--
cheeks@edsr.eds.com or ...uunet!edsr!cheeks
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,9a4c815047ed049b X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-07-17 00:35:37 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!mips!bridge2!dali.cs.montana.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!unmvax!bbx!tantalum!tantalum!cheeks From: cheeks@edsr.eds.com (Mark Costlow) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Patent on a standard-byte order for intermachine communication Message-ID: <1991Jul17.003238.22130@edsr.eds.com> Date: 17 Jul 91 00:32:38 GMT References: <1991Jul16.161324.249@zia.aoc.nrao.edu> Sender: usenet@edsr.eds.com Reply-To: cheeks@edsr.eds.com Followup-To: gnu.misc.discuss Organization: EDS Research Lines: 18