* [9fans] rsmtp patent issued
@ 2006-08-30 20:45 geoff
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From: geoff @ 2006-08-30 20:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
Since there are rsmtp fans on this list, I thought it worth
mentioning that the patent will be issued next week.
This is for a protocol that I invented in 1997 or 1998 and that
I would nowadays modify to include strong anti-spam measures.
The US patent office moves so fast that I was able to leave
Bell Labs for five years between the patent application and the
issuance.
>From our lawyers:
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Congratulations! The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has
just informed us that the patent for your invention, "Really Simple Mail
Transport Protocol", will issue on 09/05/2006, as U.S. Patent Number
7103635
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This should at last clarify the legal status of what I can say about rsmtp.
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