From: futplex@pseudonym.com (Futplex)
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 95 20:57:27 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com (Cypherpunks Mailing List)
Subject: Re: Patents and trade secrets was: Encryption algorithms used in
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David van Wie misattributed thus:

> Perry E. Metzger at Sep 22, 95 01:19:37 am wrote:
> 
> >David Van Wie writes:
> >> It just moves the prior art date from the date of invention to the date
> >> of filing the patent application.
> 
> >What happens if the chronology goes like this ?
> >
> >(0) Alice invents a snaffleblort.
> >(1) Bob invents a snaffleblort.
> >(2) Bob files for a patent on a snaffleblort.
> >
> >From what you said, it would appear that Alice's prior art won't count when
> >it comes to considering the validity of Bob's patent claim. Is that correct 
> ?

I actually asked those questions, not Perry. Check your attributions, please.

-Futplex <futplex@pseudonym.com>