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From: jpexg@mit-hermes.AI.MIT.EDU (John Purbrick)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Library Book detectors
Message-ID: <2844@mit-hermes.AI.MIT.EDU>
Date: Fri, 15-May-87 00:50:56 EDT
Article-I.D.: mit-herm.2844
Posted: Fri May 15 00:50:56 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 16-May-87 14:11:14 EDT
References: <146@illusion.UUCP> <868@oliveb.UUCP> <1726@kitty.UUCP> <667@stride.Stride.COM>
Organization: MIT AI Lab, Cambridge, MA
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Summary: He can get a US patent, but not foreign

In article <667@stride.Stride.COM>, mitch@stride1.UUCP (Thomas P. Mitchell) 
writes:
> In article <875@oakhill.UUCP> charlie@oakhill.UUCP (Charlie Thompson) writes:
> >OK Larry, I'll make a guess at how the LC resonant circuit with
> >stripline antenna works......
> >The circuit is activated by gaussing and degaussing a magnetically
> >biased inductor.
> >So how'd I do Larry?  Gee if nobody thought of this maybe I should
> >patent it (fat chance now that's it's in netland!).

After the "public use, disclosure, or sale" of an invention, you have 1 year
to file your patent application, but for foreign protection you must file
before disclosure. It's not too late!