On Sat, 7 Sep 1996 pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz wrote:
United States Patent Patent Number: 5264794 Date of Patent: 23 Nov 1993
Method of measuring magnetic fields on magnetically recorded media using a scanning tunneling microscope and magnetic probe
techology isn't much different from what's publicly available), in this case all they were doing was protecting their investment (just like the various PKC patents originally assigned to universities).
I'm sure there's going to be a REALLY marketable device out of this to get royalties off of. Don't be ridiculous. This is obviously a case of "my ass is protected more than yours so i can do anything *I* damn well please, but you are screwed." Question: if we pay taxes, then we pay for the research. if we pay for the research, we should be able to see the results, just like shareholders in a company. -Millie, future CIA capo^H^H^H^Hagent sfuze@tiac.net