"John Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Unfortunately no. The document that inspired me to adapt ARC for PostgreSQL is from the USENIX File & Storage Technologies Conference (FAST), March 31, 2003, San Francisco, CA.
Ahemm,... Isn't the patent lodged on may 20, 2004, AFTER you read the document from the above conference?
No, the filing date was in 2002. I'm not sure what the May/04 date means; possibly the date of the last activity in that patent file?
Sounds to me like US conferences need to get a disclaimer signed by any speakers - "best of my knowledge...covered by no patents/claims/...". It's like having a bowl of sweets labelled "help yourself" and putting the price sticker inside the wrapper.
-- Richard Huxton Archonet Ltd
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