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To: hal jordan who wrote (29381)	11/25/1997 10:19:00 PM
From: pat mudge	Respond to of 31386

[Patents] >>>If TI chooses not to license, then I would presume that action would negate adherence to AMTX patents in any standard. You can not have a standard that people can not build to in an equitable fashion. Therefore, AMTX's version of DMT would be thrown out of the standard.>>> I did not mean the patents necessary to be standard-compliant. I'm referring to the whistles and bells --- all those upgrades that take it from stripped down with black-walls to automatic-everything with leather seats and burl dash. Even with the standard, I think any company would have an easier time negotiating with Amati than with a direct competitor. There aren't many left to license, but for Orckit and any others, I would imagine they wish they'd acted sooner. Just my take. Pat