On 26 Sep 2002 at 15:56, Pal Jensen wrote: > It could be. The AF system of the MZ-S was filed immediately before it was shown > at Photokina 2 years ago. Thats the good news. The bad news is that the patents > usually show up some time after the product are released. If it isn't shown > immediately after the patents are turning up on those web pages, it most likely > never will see the light of day. I have not checked the posted link. However, it > wouldn't surprise me if it is just the patents for the canned 6Mp Pentax digital > slr.
United States Patent Application 20020131776 September 19, 2002 Filed: March 12, 2002 Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html