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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Decoding an octet stream
Date: 1999/12/06
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In article <3847C033.364CEB11@acenet.com.au>,
  Geoff Bull <gbull@acenet.com.au> wrote:
> Another reason is that some companies hand out quotas, e.g. 5
> patents per engineer per year.

That's an excuse for a large number of patent *applications*
it is NOT an excuse for a large number of patents granted!!


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