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To: Zeev Hed who wrote (3996)	4/24/1998 9:50:00 AM
From: David Pickering	Respond to of 6467

<David, if they announced today that they have been issued a new patent, it is not for 20 years from today, but for 20 years from the filing dates, probably a year or two before the issue date.> Didn't know the process changed (knew the term was lengthened). It USED to be 17 years from ISSUE DATE as you can see... law.cornell.edu <Prior to a recent amendment prompted by the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS) that accompanied the Uruguay Round GATT, patents were normally issued for a non-renewable period of seventeen years, measured from the date of issuance. See 154 of Title 35. Under the amended provision (which took effect June 8, 1995) the term will be twenty years measured from the date of application.> Thanks for updating me! Regards, David Pickering