You might find this excerpt from his message header interesting: Authentication-Results: smtp02.embarq.synacor.com smtp.user=drstiff...@embarqmail.com; auth=pass (LOGIN) Message-ID: <49ac4d8d.1000...@embarqmail.com> Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:20:13 -0600 From: "J. Klum" <jk...@embarqmail.com> User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: vortex-l@eskimo.com
:-) Terry On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 2:27 AM, Mark Iverson <zeropo...@charter.net> wrote: > Mr. Klum wrote: > "... when provisional patents were discontinued some 13 months prior?" > > I'm not sure since english is probably not your native language, but are you > saying that provisional patents are no longer accepted by the Patent > Office? In the U.S., they sure as hell are... after doing software for > 25yrs, I took a promotion and became the Intellectual Property Liaison for > the Systems R&D Dept., and I know that our patent attorneys have filed > several provisional patents in the last 12 months. > > -Mark > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.5/1979 - Release Date: 3/1/2009 > 5:46 PM >
