Re: [linux-audio-dev] a new patent for us to challenge

2007-01-25 Thread Thomas Vecchione
I see that it is dated April 6, 2006. is this the date of application or the date that it was granted? Filed: October 1, 2004 I would then assume that is the granted date, either way it was most certainly not filed before the 5 year mark that Paul mentioned. Seablade

[linux-audio-dev] a new patent for us to challenge

2007-01-24 Thread Paul Davis
http://www.freshpatents.com/Low-latency-real-time-audio-streaming-dt20060406ptan20060074637.php?type=description in which Microsoft patents designs partially implemented by OSS 10 years ago and fully implemented by ALSA 5 years ago. Wrapping this up in windows API nonsense obscures the basic fact

Re: [linux-audio-dev] a new patent for us to challenge

2007-01-24 Thread Stephen Sinclair
here's the uspto page for it: http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1Sect2=HITOFFd=PG01p=1u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htmlr=1f=Gl=50s1=%2220060074637%22.PGNR.OS=DN/20060074637RS=DN/20060074637 I see that it is dated April 6, 2006. is this the date of application or the date that