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Re: UUNET Network Encryption Patents

Per Unell <pu@sectra.se> Tue, 18 June 1996 19:28 UTC

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From: Per Unell <pu@sectra.se>
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On Jun 18, 11:51am, C. Harald Koch wrote:
> Subject: Re: UUNET Network Encryption Patents
> > > Subject: Re: UUNET Network Encryption Patents
> > > >Filed:		Sep. 13, 1994
> > > >Filed:		Jan. 19, 1994
>
> The patent also states "continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 28,437, Mar 3,
> 1993, abandoned"; this is the important "first date", according to the
> lawyers. The papers below are after this date, and won't count as prior art.
>
> (Anyone from that lunch BOF want to testify? <grin>)
>

I Just looked up the oldest version of the requirement specification for our KryptoLan
system that I could find. It is dated May. 27 1991 and includes IP and Ethernet
encryption and is based on the IEEE 802.10 Draft 1 dated december 1989.

Sure beats 1993 ...

/PU

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