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From: rickk@hpvcla.HP.COM (Rick Klaus)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Silly patents
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Date: Thu, 24-Sep-87 12:45:15 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 24 12:45:15 1987
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   I am currently involved in a patent application, and I
was told that in the US, you DO NOT have to file the patent
claim before the invention is disclosed to the public.  You
have one year from first disclosure to apply for domestic
patents.  HOWEVER, foreign countries do not give such leeway.
You must file for the patent before public disclosure.  They
do, however, allow one year to file after disclosure if you
filed a US patent application BEFORE disclosing the invention.

   I have said invention, but I'm sure the law is the same for
patenting of algorithms.

I guess the US is just too lenient :-)

Rick Klaus
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