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Article #1134Re: Public key patents in Europe?
From: Arthur Rubin
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 22:03
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 22:03
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In <bontchev.718919860@fbihh> bontchev@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Vesselin Bontchev) writes: >Well, so I am asking those of you who are "in Europe": do you have any >information about the above? Could you tell me in which countries >exactly public-key cryptography is patented and which are the patent >numbers? Thanks in advance. My understanding, from reading comp.patents, is that RSA is unpatentable in countries other than the USA, because it was published (in Scientific American, no less) before the patent was applied for. -- Arthur L. Rubin: a_rubin@dsg4.dse.beckman.com (work) Beckman Instruments/Brea 216-5888@mcimail.com 70707.453@compuserve.com arthur@pnet01.cts.com (personal) My opinions are my own, and do not represent those of my employer. My interaction with our news system is unstable; please mail anything important.
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