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Re: Multimedia has been patented
From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1993 10:31:42 -0500
From: Bernard.A.Galler () um cc umich edu Date: Sun, 21 Nov 93 09:33:34 EST To: farber () central cis upenn edu Subject: Re: Multimedia has been patented A comment on the message from Glenn Tenney on the PTO status with regard to software-related patents. For one thing, the situation is just a bit worse than he indicates, since as far as I know, there are no people (yet) with a BSCS degree there. The policy against hiring such people appears to be changing, however, and there is hope in that regard. Those of us at the (non-profit) Software Patent Institute in Ann Arbor, MI, are trying to do something about the lack of access by PTO examiners to the "journals of the last 5-50 years" by creating a database of just such material, accessible to the PTO examiners and the general public. We are also giving lectures to the PTO examiners (and soon the public) on the kind of software history and techniques that will help them make decisions on patent applications that will be based on a better understanding of the nature of software. You can get more information about the Software Patent Institute by sending mail to spi () iti org.
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