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To: Michael DaKota who wrote (35843)	8/11/1998 7:38:00 PM
From: herb will	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572633

Well Mike if you want to hang your hat on a case where the Sewer, Techsearch. bought what appears to be patents that have little value in search of score, go ahead. Note that the developing company IMS abondoned the project that involved the patents. From the article" "The Meta 6000 was never realized. IMS abandoned the effort and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings" Also from the article: "TechSearch itself is not a developer of intellectual property, according to IMS. Instead, the company buys underused or underexploited patents from original developers and then tries to develop their value further. Sometimes, TechSearch resells the patents. Other times, litigation erupts." "IMS itself did not contemplate a lawsuit against Intel" "Chuck Mulloy, an Intel spokesman, denied the allegations in the suit." I wonder what TechSearch paid for the patents? Herb

To: Michael DaKota who wrote (35843)	8/11/1998 8:19:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572633

Majic Michael - Re: "MS filed a patent for a Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) that could read Intel chip instructions. The patent was filed in March 1994 and granted in November 1996. " I think Intel has a few patents on a RISC core that can read Intel x86 instructions. In fact, they probably built a device that actually did that - a device that actually worked. Several devices in fact. The P6 architecture - disclosed in Feb. - 1995 comes to mind. As does the Pentium Pro, and the Pentium II - Klamath and Deschutes. Paul