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Re: Y2K Date Windowing patent recalled
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John Dunlop <[log in to unmask]>
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John Dunlop <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 23 Dec 1999 10:03:59 +0000
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Wirt Atmar wrote:
>
> Tom Renz writes:
>
> Good News!!
> The Y2K "Date Windowing" concept recently assigned a patent has been
> ordered
> by the Assistant Secretary and Commissioner of the Patent Office for
> reexamination on December 21.
[snip]

Wirt Atmar replied:

> Well that's certainly disappointing. I was planning on filing my patent
> application next week on lower case letters in ASCII -- and retiring one or
> two years later.

That is more than disappointing. I was about to file my patent on
Capital Numbers!

:o)

Cheers,

John Dunlop

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