This was posted to misc.legal.computing and misc.int-property. It's forwarded to this list with permission. --Steve Bellovin In article <CD3H47.3Kz@world.std.com>, srctran@world.std.com (Gregory Aharonian) writes:

On July 29, 1993, the republic of South Korea became the 17th country to sign an agreement with the United States to protect patent rights of patent applications fild in the United States for which the government has classified secret and indefinitely delay the prosecution of the patent. Existing countries, mostly COCOM members, are: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Turkey and United Kingdom.

For more information on secrecy aspects of US patents, contact Robert Garrett at the Patent Office, 703-308-0753. -- ************************************************************************** Greg Aharonian srctran@world.std.com Source Translation & Optimization 617-489-3727 P.O. Box 404, Belmont, MA 02178