In message <005201bfd51c$8f7e8fa0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Zaitsev Serg" writes:
>I heard the IDEA patent will expire at September 2000.
No, that's RSA.
It's U.S. patent 5,214,703; International Patent PCT/CH91/00117. I
don't the expiration dates for sure; however, the U.S. one was filed
January 7, 1992 and issued May 25, 1993. I believe that based on those
dates, it will expire 20 years from the filing date. (The other choice
is 17 years from the issuance date.) Either way, it's not this year....
--Steve Bellovin
