RE: RC5 Patent Awarded

Trei, Peter (ptrei@securitydynamics.com)
Tue, 10 Mar 1998 08:43:32 -0500

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Jablon [SMTP:dpj@world.std.com]
> Sent: Monday, March 09, 1998 11:55 PM
> To: Eric Young
> Cc: Bill Stewart; CodherPlunks@toad.com
> Subject: Re: RC5 Patent Awarded
>
> Sorry Eric, but Bill was right. Inventions are typically not
> patentable outside the U.S. if they're publicly disclosed
> before *any* patent filing.
>
> But a U.S. filing date gives about a year-long window
> during which a first public disclosure can be made,
> and then a somewhat later "foreign" filing can be initiated.
> Call my attorney for details.
         
        [...]

        If you go to the trouble to actually pull
        the patent abstract, you'll find that the
        filing date is in November, 1995.

        Peter Trei
        ptrei@securitydynamics.com

> David Jablon
>

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