HP has apparently tried to patent what looks to me (the description is too vague to be sure) like breaking decimal numbers up into chunks which fit into words.
http://www.wikipatents.com/7523150.html-1 Anyhow, there is an article on slashdot that the GMP authors were invited to comment on the patent "as their software may infringe". Bill.
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