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From: blb@hprnd.HP.COM (Bob Bortolotto)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: LAT protocol
Message-ID: <2230112@hprnd.HP.COM>
Date: 15 Sep 90 19:35:03 GMT
References: <714@risky.Convergent.COM>
Organization: HP Roseville Networks Division R&D Lab
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>Note by the way that you probably can't patent a network protocol.  
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Soderblom would beg to differ (802.5).  There's a lot of token ring vendors
(including IBM) that have paid him big bucks for a patent that describes some
sort of token passing protocol.

- Bob B.