Lutz Behnke wrote:
>
> Ed Peschko wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 10, 1999 at 02:20:06PM -0700, Doug Erickson wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >> Is this right? If not, what am I missing?
> > >>
> > >
> > >http://www.patents.ibm.com/patlist?icnt=US&patent_number=4405829
> >
> > Um.. that patent has expired...
>
> According to the book by Schneier it is valid until September 20. 2000
>
> I kinda lost track which patents are due to run out when.
> Somebody got a list?
>
In the US there are different kinds of patents good for different
lengths of time, but most are design patents good for 17 years... hence
RSA's expiry is 20 Sep 2000, (587 days). My bet is that "Y2K problem"
means something else at RSA than it does to the rest of us.
Perhaps Ed looked at the filing date in 1977? In any case, IBM's patent
search site is a great resource, as long as you know the patent number
you're looking for.
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