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Article #73989Re: Patent on a standard-byte order for intermachine communication
From: Phil Howard KA9WGN
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1991 21:11
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1991 21:11
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jpb@umbio.med.miami.edu (jpb) writes: >The idea of patenting ideas is ridiculous. Maybe, maybe not. What we clearly are seeing is that OBVIOUS IDEAS (and other OBVIOUS things) are being patented. The issue really should be in this matter that something totally and blatantly obvious is being patented. >(and yes, I did fax a letter to the Patent Office, unfortunately I >didn't think up this example until after I'd already sent it.) Too bad you can't increase their paperwork by sending them yet another fax because someone else already applied for the patent to increment a number by adding 1 to it. :-) -- /***************************************************************************\ / Phil Howard -- KA9WGN -- phil@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu | Guns don't aim guns at \ \ Lietuva laisva -- Brivu Latviju -- Eesti vabaks | people; CRIMINALS do!! / \***************************************************************************/
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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 07:27:56 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!wuarchive!usc!samsung!news.cs.indiana.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!phil From: phil@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Phil Howard KA9WGN) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Patent on a standard-byte order for intermachine communication Message-ID: <1991Jul16.211153.5655@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 16 Jul 91 21:11:53 GMT References: <9107131607.AA14833@mole.gnu.ai.mit.edu> <oND551w164w@mantis.co.uk> <JPB.91Jul16015712@umbio.med.miami.edu> Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 19