Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!decwrl!sgi!rpw3@rigden.wpd.sgi.com From: rpw3@rigden.wpd.sgi.com (Rob Warnock) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Patents and Misinformation Message-ID: <63104@sgi.sgi.com> Date: 29 Jun 90 05:29:23 GMT References: <1990Jun28.163043.501@craycos.com> Sender: rpw3@rigden.wpd.sgi.com Reply-To: rpw3@sgi.com (Rob Warnock) Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA Lines: 20 In article jim@baroque.Stanford.EDU (James Helman) writes: +--------------- | Publication more than 12 months before the application or anytime | prior to the claimed invention date is sufficient to disqualify an | application. +--------------- That's true for *U.S.* patents only! Publication anywhere at any time before the patent application is grounds for denial of the patent in most other countries. Inventors beware! -Rob ----- Rob Warnock, MS-9U/510 rpw3@sgi.com rpw3@pei.com Silicon Graphics, Inc. (415)335-1673 Protocol Engines, Inc. 2011 N. Shoreline Blvd. Mountain View, CA 94039-7311