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Article #3717Re: public key encryption and RSA patent status
From: shibumi
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1987 21:39
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1987 21:39
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In article <7335@ism780c.UUCP> tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith) writes:
>You can patent anything that you can convince the patent office to
>issue you a patent for.
The patent office will issue for almost anything that hasnt yet been invented
and that meets the 'what can be patented' standard. The strength of your
patent is almost always only determined through litigation.
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!ucla-cs!zen!ucbvax!hplabs!well!shibumi From: shibumi@well.UUCP Newsgroups: sci.crypt,comp.misc Subject: Re: public key encryption and RSA patent status Message-ID: <3988@well.UUCP> Date: Sat, 19-Sep-87 17:39:22 EDT Article-I.D.: well.3988 Posted: Sat Sep 19 17:39:22 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 20-Sep-87 16:43:23 EDT References: <1372@osiris.UUCP> <441@polyslo.UUCP> <686@sugar.UUCP> <1490@epimass.EPI.COM> <25@nl.cs.cmu.edu> <7335@ism780c.UUCP> Reply-To: shibumi@well.UUCP (Kenton A. Hoover) Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA Lines: 14