17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
"Perry E. Metzger" <perry@imsi.com> writes:
A "submarine" patent application would have been made before the public use.
I'm not familiar with this term, "submarine" patent application. But don't they have one year from the date of first publication to apply for a patent? It seems that this could count as first publication, so they would have one year from now to get their patent application in. As I said before, the NSA has indicated similar plans if Clipper is ever reverse engineered. Hal