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From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: Ada & Encryption / Compression
Date: 1997/03/08
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Date: 1997-03-08T00:00:00+00:00
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<<"Prime Numbers" is irrelevant, as those are made up by end users (with
the help of software or hardware) in any trustworthy implementation.
If you substitute "code" for "prime numbers", the answer is A for
both cases.  The key phrase is "for the U.S. market".
>>

Most countries have bilateral agrements to repsect one anothers patents,
so it is not the case that patents in the US apply to the US only.