Re: compress algorithm patent

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From: young-il choo
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 1991 21:01

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In article <6617:Jan2723:16:0991@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) writes:

Dan> The best non-Huffman variant of LZ/LZW/MW is Storer's AP coding, which I
Dan> independently discovered and implemented last year. After I found out
Dan> that Storer had discovered the method first (and patented it), I tried

What exactly has Storer patented?  My understanding is that algorithms are
not patentable, only processes.

--  Young-il Choo

    Yale University  Computer Science  New Haven  CT 06520-2158
    choo@cs.yale.edu  (203) 432-4099

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