Re: Y2K windowing Patient - legal claims

[email@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (James W Kilgore)]

Martin,

I'm with you!

My patent attorney recommended that I keep a dated journal of concepts
and I have a 200 page binder on "data flow management" dated 1982-1984
including detailed binding, flow language, and dynamic data base element
design.  Do you think I could get the Lotus folks to give me some bucks
for stealing the Notes concept from me?

BTW, the *date command processor parm uses the window technique, no
wonder IBM stock is down <G>

P.S. I think the internal combustion engine is already patented, but
what about sliced bread?


"McCallion, Martin" wrote:
> 
> That's mad!  You can't retrospectively patent an already-public-domain
> technology.
> 
> Or if you can, I think I might patent, say, the internal combustion
> engine.  Or how about the QWERTY keyboard?  Hmmm...
>
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