[linux-audio-dev] a new patent to worry about

[Jennifer Dillon]

On Tuesday 24 August 2004 03:23, Paul Davis wrote:
>  http://news.harmony-central.com/Newp/2004/L3.html

No need to worry about this at the moment. Patent pending gives protection 
only for a period of 1 to 3 years if the patent applied for is renewed for 
the maximum period. It means that the methods used cannot be examined until 
and if Full patent is applied for. Searches then have to be carried out 
before full patent can be granted.

I have been experimenting with psychoacoustic mehods and enhancement in both 
hardware and software for the last 20 years and there already is quite a lot 
of information in the Public Domain. Do the new patent laws allow somebody to 
patent methods that are already in the public domain???

Jennifer Dillon member of the p1639 Working Group.