Hi everyone, For anyone who's interested in the patent status of UB-Tree's, here is further info.
:-) Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift -------- Original Message -------- Subject: AW: UB-Tree's and patents Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 17:41:10 +0200 From: "Rudolf Bayer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Justin Clift" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: "Christian Roth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> the UB-tree has been patented in Europe (PCT) and the US, both patents have been awarded. the Patent application has been filed in Japan, but processing is not compleatet yet. A first commercial implementation is available in the product TransBase Hypercube from TransAction SW GmbH contact Dr. Roth ++49 89 62709 170 regards, R. Bayer ********************************************************************* Prof. Rudolf Bayer, Ph.D. Phone: ++49 89 48095 171 Institut fur Informatik Fax: ++49 89 48095 170 Technische Universitat Munchen email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Orleansstr. 34 home: http://www3.in.tum.de 81667 Munchen > -----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- > Von: Justin Clift [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Gesendet: Dienstag, 2. April 2002 22:08 > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Stefan Reich > Betreff: UB-Tree's and patents > > > Hi Prof. Rudolf, > > There seems to be some confusion in the Open Source software community > as to whether the algorithms/concepts/etc for UB-Tree's are patented or > not. > > Do you know of anywhere we can find information about it's patent > status? > > :-) > > Regards and best wishes, > > Justin Clift > > -- > "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those > who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the > first group; there was less competition there." > - Indira Gandhi > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster