From: "<pstira@escape.com>" <pstira@escape.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 1996 20:32:17 +0800
To: pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz
Subject: Re: What the NSA is patenting
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On Sat, 7 Sep 1996 pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz wrote:

> >United States Patent                   Patent Number:  5264794
> >                                       Date of Patent: 23 Nov 1993
> >
> >Method of measuring magnetic fields on magnetically recorded media using a
> >scanning tunneling microscope and magnetic probe

> techology isn't much different from what's publicly available), in this case
> all they were doing was protecting their investment (just like the various PKC
> patents originally assigned to universities).

I'm sure there's going to be a REALLY marketable device out of this to 
get royalties off of.

Don't be ridiculous. This is obviously a case of "my ass is protected 
more than yours so i can do anything *I* damn well please, but you are 
screwed."

Question: if we pay taxes, then we pay for the research. if we pay for 
the research, we should be able to see the results, just like 
shareholders in a company.

-Millie, future CIA capo^H^H^H^Hagent
sfuze@tiac.net