Re: Request For Prior Art For U.S. Patent Number 5,548,646

John Gilmore <gnu@toad.com> Fri, 20 September 1996 12:12 UTC

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Subject: Re: Request For Prior Art For U.S. Patent Number 5,548,646
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Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 16:31:54 -0700
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I have updated the "Network Encryption - history and patents" web page
with Sun's request for prior art, a copy of the DEC patent they mention,
and Greg Ahronian's message about the dangers of letting companies 
review prior art claims in private with the Patent Office.  See
http://www.cygnus.com/~gnu/netcrypt.html.

	John