Re: the public key minefield

You seem to have missed my earlier summary of how patents are structured. A separate part of the patent from the claims describes how to build the claimed device. The claims aren't supposed to.

Do you agree or disagree that: 'the concept of "anti-gravity" device is not patentable. If I could duplicate the effect of your anti-gravity device without using any of the same novel mechanisms. My device would be separately patentable.' ? If you agree, then how can you patent "public key systems" as a concept? If you disagree, then we can leave it at that. Peter Baumbach baumbach@atmel.com