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To: Hagar who wrote (9646)9/24/1999 3:59:00 PM
From: The Phoenix  Respond to of 21876
 
I believe most of LU's patents were received prior to the spin-off from T. So, I suppose you could say it's from their own R&D and perhaps also from R&D from Bell Labs which is now part of SAIC. As I sit here and wonder... I wonder how many of these patents were received prior to CSCO or any of today's internet companies existing.... just wondering. Clearly LU has the lead in patents. That I do not, have not, and certainly will not contest.

OG



To: Hagar who wrote (9646)9/26/1999 11:13:00 PM
From: Dave  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 21876
 
Hagar:

First off, in the patent community, it is well known that about 1 out of 100 patents is "worth" something. Another 15 out of 100 prevent competitors from developing similiar methods. The rest, well, they are worthless.

Next, a patent is just, well, a piece of paper. Entities can get patents on similiar technologies or fields of endeavor. Remember, ther are many ways from point A to point B, the easiest being a straigh line... :-)

dave


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