You might forward this entire discussion to Ed Suominen for his opinion.
Ed is not a member of this list but is a director in OSSRI and patent
specialist, and is interested in open-source.
Susan R. Cragin, Director
Open-Source Speech Recognition Initiative
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Paul Davis wrote:
I refered earlier to two European papers. Now I found this at
their site:
Patents on sound rendering. We are in the process of filing for
two US patents, together with N. Tsingos and E. Gallo on
"Using graphics cards for audio signal processing" and
"Perceptual techniques for sound spatialisation"
i suggest that you just write to them and tell them that you intend to
vigorously contest any attempt on their part to file the patent. see
what they say. Point out the prior art discussed here already, and
that while you might not object to a patent on a specific technique,
and attempt by them to file a patent will be met with significant
resistance.
and if you don't, i will.
--p
