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To: Tom Hoff who wrote (2638)11/14/1998 7:37:00 PM
From: Michael Latas  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 8393
 
Tom, the life of a patent is twenty years from the date of issuance
and not the date of filing. It used to be seventeen years until recent
years. So, even when some of our earlier patents have expired, all
improvements in our technology, of which there are many, with a steady flow of improvements are each good for twenty years. We're in very good shape here. Thank goodness.

Regards.