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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
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Posted: Thu Sep 19 20:38:14 1985
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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.

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John Moore (NJ7E)
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