On Wed, 7 Feb 2001 17:41:17 -0500 (EST), Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Clarence Verge wrote:
>> Patents expire.
> Good point!
>> The US Patent above was issued Dec 10,1985. See:
>>
>http://164.195.100.11/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1='4558302
.WKU.&OS=PN/4558302&RS=PN/4558302
>> I think this means it expires next year.
> From what I can gather from a quick google search, utility
> patents expire 20 years from the filing date... so if that's
> the filing date, we still have a few years before it expires.
> There's another page I found which says "under the old
> regulations" a patent expires 15 years after filing (or the
> priority date), whatever that is.
Thanks Steve, go pack your boxes. <G>
Rules change, more Babel. I'm sure someone has the exact answer.
I thought it was 17 years, but I haven't had a patent in a while.
- Clarence Verge
- Still using Arachne V1.62 ....
