Klarinet Archive - Posting 000245.txt from 2006/04

From: "Keith" <bowenk@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Patents + basset horns
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 07:49:54 -0400

Joe: my patents involving software are connected with use of genetic
algorithms to analyse X-ray scattering data, and X-ray diffraction imaging.
US Patents No. 6,192,103 and 6,782,076 plus some dependent patents in other
countries.

You can't patent software ideas or algorithms; you patent products. Anyone
can use the algorithms that we do, for their own research; they are
published in the patent and in the scientific literature, and are public
domain. That's about 0.1 % of the code in the products. The rest of it is
what we paid very good money to develop, and if competitors introduce
products using the same principles we will go for them :-).

Anyway this is a bit off topic ... hope to meet up with you sometime re
basset horns! Nearby stations are Coventry, Warwick and Leamington Spa, all
with connections to Birmingham.

Cheers, Keith Bowen

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> [mailto:klarinet-return-87346-bowenk=compuserve.com@-----.org] On
> Behalf Of Joseph Wakeling
> Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 12:35 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] Patents + basset horns
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> Keith wrote:
> > Why doesn't it work for software? The law is the same (and I hold a
> couple
> > of software patents).
>
> Out of curiosity, what are the things you hold patents for? I need to
> know so I can decide whether or not to put the FSF hit men on your
> trail. ;-)
>
> I'm interested in your thoughts on that debate but maybe it's better to
> continue off-list.
>
> Sorry I never got back to you over basset horns and meetups,
> incidentally. I'm just too inundated with things to do here in Monmouth
> (and I wasn't able to work out an easy public transport route to Warwick).
>
> Best wishes,
>
> -- Joe
>
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