Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site anasazi.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!hao!noao!terak!anasazi!john From: john@anasazi.UUCP (John Moore) Newsgroups: net.crypt Subject: Re: RSA cryptographic algorithm patented? Message-ID: <292@anasazi.UUCP> Date: Thu, 19-Sep-85 20:38:14 EDT Article-I.D.: anasazi.292 Posted: Thu Sep 19 20:38:14 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 25-Sep-85 05:29:58 EDT References: <358@cubsvax.UUCP> <2336@sdcrdcf.UUCP> Reply-To: john@anasazi.UUCP (John Moore) Organization: Anasazi, Phoenix Az. Lines: 14 In article <2336@sdcrdcf.UUCP> darrelj@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Darrel VanBuer) writes: >Under US law, publication prior to patent application is not an impediment to >patent (it is under most European patent law). We went to a lot of trouble on a recent patent application to determine the date of OUR first publication of the idea. The lawyer said that if our application was more than one year after the date of first public disclosure, the idea was public property and couldn't be patented. -- John Moore (NJ7E) {decvax|ihnp4|hao}!noao!terak!anasazi!john {hao!noao|decvax|ihnp4|seismo}!terak!anasazi!john (602) 952-8205 (day or evening) Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com