On Tue, 23 Nov 2004, David Forslund wrote: > Thus the patent you describe would make the RAD OMG specification a > violation of your patent, since it provides a mechanism to specifically > what you say plus a lot more?
Dave, No, if RAD OMG spec is a superset of any subsequent patent, then the patent is invalid. > Note that the RFP for this was issued in February, 1998: > http://www.omg.org/cgi-bin/doc?corbamed/98-02-23. The result is a > specific way to provide the capability you describe in your patent in a > scalable, implementable way over a distributed network. Best regards, Andrew --- Andrew P. Ho, M.D. OIO: Open Infrastructure for Outcomes www.TxOutcome.Org
