~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SANDY SANDFORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C'punks, On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Andrew Loewenstern wrote:

Tim Dierks writes:

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Here's a summary of some relevant crypto patents:

Name Number Filed Issued Expires

Diffie-Hellman 4,200,770 Sept. 6, 1977 Apr. 29, 1980 Sept. 6, 1997 Hellman-Merkle 4,218,582 Oct. 6, 1977 Aug. 19, 1980 Oct. 6, 1997 RSA 4,405,829 Dec. 14, 1977 Sept. 20, 1983 Sept. 20, 2000

So who's planning on throwing a big party on Sept. 6th? Will Jim Bizos be celebrating? :-)

I'll call dibs on that. S a n d y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~