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There are various patents concerning normal basis. US patents 4587627 Omura-Massey (OMNET), 739220 Onyszchuk/Mullin/Vanstone. Richard Crandall of Next computers has patents concerning GF(p), where p is of the form 2^q - C for small C. US Patents 5463690,5271051,5159632 US Patent 5146500 Maura (Omnisec) concerns "elliptic curves over rings" (sic). I haven't any idea what this means, but it seems to only use integer arithmetic modulo a prime.
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Buchanan Law & FAQ
A patent is a registered form of IP right available for particularly novel and inventive products, methods or processes. If your business involves the development, manufacture or use of novel products, processes and solutions then patents will represent a critical component of your effective IP strategy.
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Intellectual Property Department - FAQ
Patents protect inventions, that is products, substances, or processes which are new and inventive. Patent owners have the right to prevent others from manufacturing, using, selling, or importing the invention. Protection under short-term patents is renewable, after four years from filing, for a maximum term of eight years.
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Patents are granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to inventors of novel or unique products or processes. Products, inventions or discoveries are protected. Others are prohibited from making, using, selling or importing the products during the term of the patent-20 years from the date filed.
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What about copyrights, usage and patents?

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The OpenSSH developers have tried very hard to keep OpenSSH free of any patent or copyright problems. To do this, some options had to be stripped from OpenSSH. Namely support for patented algorithms. OpenSSH does not support any patented transport algorithms. In SSH1 mode, only 3DES and Blowfish are available options. In SSH2 mode, only 3DES, Blowfish, CAST128, Arcfour and AES can be selected. The patented IDEA algorithm is not supported.
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Do you infringe any patents?

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We haven't employed armies of lawyers to trawl through the tens of thousands of video compression techniques. That's not the way to invent a successful algorithm. Instead we've tried to use techniques of long standing in novel ways. There are some areas that are more heavily patented than others. Arithmetic coding is one such, even though the technique itself has been around for 30 years. We're keeping an eye on the situation, and we'll adopt alternative techniques if we have to.
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What is the main difference between patents and trademarks?

Before getting into the details of patents, trademarks and copyrights, a brief explanation of the basic differences is needed. If you don't work with each of them on a day to day basis, it easy to become confused., as you should be. There is a definite a blurring of the edges between the rights to each of them. In fact, it is possible to simultaneously obtain rights under patent, trademark and copyright laws for the same product.
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Are there different types of patents?

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There are three types of patents. Utility Patents may be granted to anyone who invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, article of manufacture, or compositions of matters, or any new useful improvement thereof. Design Patents may be granted to anyone who invents a new, original, and ornamental design for an article of manufacture. Plant Patents may be granted to anyone who invents or discovers and asexually reproduces any distinct and new variety of plants.
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How Does a Plant Patent Differ From Other Kinds of Patents?

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A plant patent relates to a living plant which as a product of nature obviously cannot be "made" or "manufactured." In a utility patent (regular patent), the grant confers "the right to exclude others from making, using, or selling" the invention; in a plant patent, the grant confers "the right to exclude others from asexually reproducing the plant or selling or using the plant so reproduced, and parts thereof, as described above. \
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Where can I find information about patents obtained for stem cells?

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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office offers a full-text search of issued patents and published applications. Try searching for "stem cell" or "stem cells."
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Do the BBC have patents in Dirac?

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No. We did have patent applications in train which included some of the techniques involved in Dirac, but we let those parts that related to Dirac lapse. If we had allowed them to continue, users of the Dirac code would still have been covered in perpetuity by the licence: by letting them lapse, the BBC has no IPR interest in any implementation of Dirac by anyone, based on the Dirac software or not.
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How are patents enforced?

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Patents are enforced in civil court. An infringement suit can be filed against anyone who uses, makes, or sells a patented device or process without the owner's permission.
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What are patents and why do they expire?

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Patents are a mechanism to further the public interest by giving a temporary monopoly to inventors of new products in return for sharing their knowledge with the broader scientific community. The temporary monopoly allows the inventors to recoup their costs and make a reasonable profit. However, once the period of the patent is over, the knowledge becomes part of the public domain and can be utilized by everyone.
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File Electrical Engineering Patents
A Utility patent covers a utility (device, process, method of manufacture, or composition of matter). A Plant patent covers a plant which is propagated through asexual reproduction (Mr Lincoln tea rose, for example) A Design patent covers "an ornamental design", such as the appearance of the Apple MacIntosh computer.
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Why the patents are necessaries?

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The patents are incentives for recognize the creativity of the inventors, and offer them material compensate for the commercial inventions. These incentives encourage the innovation, which guarantees the constant improvement of the quality of human's life.
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Who grant the patents?

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A national or regional office that works for several countries, for example the European Patent Office grants the patents. According to said regional systems, an applicant request protection for the invention in one or more countries and each country decides if give protection to the patent inside its frontiers.
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Are patents secret?

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In return for the grant of a patent the law requires full public disclosure of the details of the invention. These details are published by the Patent Office and made available in patent libraries. A few patents have their grant delayed because publication is considered "prejudicial to the defence of the realm".
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How can I search for patents?

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This web site has patent searching resources and tutorials available at http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/ptdl/patents/searching.html See this page on opportunites for distant patrons. Depending on your question, it may be possible for you to avoid a long drive.
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How can I find out more information about patents?

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office www.uspto.gov is an excellent source for additional information.
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What patents should I research?

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A steward normally has one or two areas that he is particularly interested in, which usually coincides with his collecting interests. If your collecting interest is narrow or fairly obscure (say 'bevel gauges'), chances are there is not a steward who is responsible for these patents and you can simply fill in the "holes" in our data. If your interest is in a more broad area (say 'planes' or 'levels'), there may already be one or more stewards collecting these patents.
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Do you own any patents or trademarks covering EECP®?

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A US patent covering EECP® design and functions, issued in June 1988 and expiring in 2005, is now owned by the Company. Additional international and domestic patent applications were filed in May 1993. A new US patent was issued to the Company in September 1996, expiring in 2013. Several international patents have been issued since 1996, also expiring in 2013. In November 2000 the Company filed applications to extend aspects of existing patents to cover the newly introduced Model TS3.
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What are patents and what do they protect?

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Patents protect technical inventions in any field of technology. They are valid in individual countries, for a specified period. Patents confer the right to prevent third parties from commercially exploiting the invention. In return for this period of protection, applicants must fully disclose their invention. Patent applications and granted patents are published, which makes them a prime source of technical information.
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What About Foreign patents?

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You need to file for patents in foreign countries within a year of filing a US Patent Application, if you want to use the filing date of the US application as the effective ("priority") filing date in the foreign countries. This can be very important, since most foreign countries do not permit any sale or publication before filing for a patent.
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Question: Who may own patents?

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Answer: The presumptive owner of an invention is the human inventor(s). The inventor may transfer ownership to anyone (including a corporation). Employees often assign the rights to their invention to their employers as part of their employment contracts.
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Are patents renewable?

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No, patents have a fixed term and are not renewable. Congress can extend the life of patents and have done so in some specific situations. No. Even if someone never filed for a patent application upon a product that would have been patentable, you may not file a patent application for the product. First of all, you would not be the inventor, and could not honestly sign the declaration that must be submitted with the application.
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Are there any patents behind these products?

Renaissance Charge LLC Frequently Asked Questions
U.S. Patent 6,392,370 issued May 21, 2002 for a "Device and method of a back EMF permanent electromagnetic motor generator". Expires January 12, 2020. U.S. Patent 6,545,444 issued April 8, 2003 for a "Device and method for utilizing a monopole motor to create back EMF to charge batteries". Expires March 13, 2021. U.S. Patent 6,677,730 issued January 13, 2004 for a "Device and method for pulse charging a battery and for driving other devices with a pulse". Expires December 21, 2021. U.S.
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