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To: Zeev Hed who wrote (44824)	6/17/2000 4:30:00 PM
From: pompsander	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

Zeev: Would you be so kind as to give me once again your quick and dirty vegetable driven outlook for the next three months for the market as a whole? I know you have been thinking summer rally, but how big and when? Like, I want to know to the minute, man! <g> Actually, I am trying to time some put selling and am always interested in your views. Many Thanks, Pomp

To: Zeev Hed who wrote (44824)	6/17/2000 4:31:00 PM
From: Scumbria	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

Zeev, Regardless of the intent of the law, the fact is that most design related patents in the semiconductor industry are fairly trivial. I frequently have to be coaxed by the legal department to file disclosures, because the stuff they are looking for is generally too boring to strike my fancy as worthwhile IP. Nevertheless, the lawyers are almost always correct. Scumbria

To: Zeev Hed who wrote (44824)	6/17/2000 4:38:00 PM
From: multicollinearity	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

Zeev Re: <The patent law specifically refuses to grant a patent for anything which would be "obvious" to a person trained in the art.> Hello Zeev: Are you certain this statement is correct? As a counter-example, consider the simple concept of a nasal strip. I am looking at a box and it has a patent, yet it is a product for which it would be obvious to a respiratory therapist that the intake of air will be increased by pulling open the nasal passages. Best, Multico