If you do a search at the US Patents and Trade Office database, here: http://164.195.100.11/netahtml/search-adv.htm
for the following patent numbers: 6,072,953 and 6,260,187 you will find both patents' information. first one, IBM's patent covering transformation was granted on june 2000 and the second one, Wily Technology's patent covering instrumentation was granted on july 2001 --- Laurent Martelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>> "Manuel" == Manuel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > writes: > > Manuel> Hello all, I'm working on a program that > performs > Manuel> transformations on the bytecodes of some > classes. My > Manuel> software is intended to be part of a > commercial > Manuel> product. However, I found out today that > two US patents > Manuel> exist, one covering the process of > bytecode instrumentation, > Manuel> and the other one covering the process of > bytecode > Manuel> transformation (that is, changing the > semantics of the > Manuel> program rather than just adding > instrumenting code to it). > > When were those patents granted ? > > Manuel> My program falls mainly under the second > category, whereas > Manuel> from what I read in this mailing list most > people are > Manuel> working in some kind of instrumentation, > am I wrong? > > I do bytecode transformation too. > > Manuel> It seems to me that both patent > descriptions cover the > Manuel> process of instrumenting/transforming > bytecode in a very > Manuel> general, comprehensive way. > > Manuel> Anyhow, does anyone know how these patents > may affect our > Manuel> work? Has anyone had any problem regarding > these patents? > > Not yet. > > > -- > Laurent Martelli > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Java Aspect Components > http://www.aopsys.com/ > http://jac.aopsys.com > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
