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To: j t jackson who wrote (8143)	9/25/1997 11:50:00 AM
From: Big Bucks	of 70976

JTJ, Normally if someone develops a patented method of application or technique, someone else is able to develop a different technique to do the same thing. There can be many alternatives that do the same thing so a patent only stimulates other options to a problem. I doubt that IBM would want to license the technology to a vendor since that would allow the vendor to sell the technology to competitors which defeats the "technology edge" IBM feels gives it competitive advantage. There may be some other materials that are better than copper that materialize, maybe an alloy of some type that is more in line with the techniques currently in use with current fab technology possibly a gold/silver amalgam or platinum etc. time will tell. Regards, BB

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