--- begin forwarded text From: Somebody To: "R. A. Hettinga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: Company Awarded Patent for "Digital Tickets" (was Re: GigaLaw.com Daily News, July 30, 2001) Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 14:18:41 -0400 If you are aware of prior art on a patent that issues you can send it to the PTO for inclusion in the file. You can request a reexamination. However, the PTO can decide to do a reexamination on its own if it becomes aware of prior art. You should include the patent number on correspondence. Check on the PTO's webpage. www.uspto.gov. If a bounty is posted, you may win a bounty. I am not sure their web page. There is also another depository for prior art that is software related. You can also send it to the patent holder and request that they forward it to the PTO. <somebody> -----Original Message----- From: R. A. Hettinga [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 1:57 PM To: Digital Bearer Settlement List; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Company Awarded Patent for "Digital Tickets" (was Re: GigaLaw.com Daily News, July 30, 2001) --- begin forwarded text To: Peter Wayner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "R. A. Hettinga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Digital Bearer Settlement List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Company Awarded Patent for "Digital Tickets" (was Re: GigaLaw.com Daily News, July 30, 2001) From: Derek Atkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 31 Jul 2001 13:15:08 -0400 Lines: 17 This also looks very similar to my Master's Thesis, where I even use the term "digital ticket"! Sheesh. -derek Peter Wayner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I discuss this in both editiions of _Digital Cash_. I wonder if this > is prior art that reads against the patent. > > -Peter -- Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP key available --- end forwarded text ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
