From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Decoding an octet stream
Date: 1999/12/01
Date: 1999-12-01T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <82321r$5vm$1@nnrp1.deja.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3844A51A.1B629776@research.canon.com.au
In article <3844A51A.1B629776@research.canon.com.au>,
Geoff Bull <geoff@research.canon.com.au> wrote:
> What patent? (searching for in/williams gets > 7000 hits!)
> I guess a patent number is a bit much to expect,
> but can you provide some keywords to search for,
> or say which aspects of David's package may infringe?
This is the patent on using a canonical form to deal with
communication between little-endian and big-endian machines.
> Also, don't patents now expire 20 years from the filing date
> rather than 17 years from the grant date?
This was granted quite some time ago, very likely it has
expired by now.
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Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-11-28 0:00 Decoding an octet stream Florian Weimer
1999-11-29 0:00 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
1999-11-30 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
1999-12-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-01 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-01 0:00 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
1999-12-01 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-07 0:00 ` Stefan Skoglund
1999-12-01 0:00 ` swhalen
1999-12-01 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
1999-12-02 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-12-02 0:00 ` tmoran
1999-12-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-02 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-12-02 0:00 ` Lutz Donnerhacke
1999-12-01 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-12-01 0:00 ` Kenneth Almquist
1999-12-02 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-12-02 0:00 ` Stupid patent tricks (was: Decoding an octet stream) Ted Dennison
1999-12-06 0:00 ` Decoding an octet stream Kenneth Almquist
1999-12-02 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-12-02 0:00 ` swhalen
1999-12-02 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-12-03 0:00 ` swhalen
1999-12-04 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-04 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-12-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-03 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-12-06 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-12-06 0:00 ` Ed Falis
1999-12-07 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-12-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-08 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-12-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-08 0:00 ` Numeric types Mario Amado Alves
1999-12-08 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-12-01 0:00 ` Decoding an octet stream Robert Dewar
1999-12-01 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-12-01 0:00 ` Robert Dewar [this message]
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