[14153] in Cypherpunks
Re: Graph isomorphism based PK cryptosystems?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (smb@research.att.com)
Wed May 25 16:38:56 1994
From: smb@research.att.com
To: norm@netcom.com (Norman Hardy)
Cc: perry@imsi.com, bart@netcom.com (Harry Bartholomew), jpp@jpplap.markv.com,
cypherpunks@toad.com
Date: Wed, 25 May 94 16:32:11 EDT
I talked to a lawyer very recently about this. She does not
specialize in patent law but does deal with it. The situation
is confusing and fluid. Here is what I think I heard,
ommiting occasional caveats:
If the patent office knows of prior art (as indicated in some
publicat ion)it will not issue a patent. If it does not know
then it may issue the patent.
Etc. Note that the patent office itself has a publication for
stuff that you don't want to patent. I know of no better way
to get something into their files.
