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[Diana Duncan <art2mis AT nc.rr.com>]

Ummmm...does it matter if they existed before?  Isn't it the first person to 
apply for the patent the one who gets it?  I certainly may be wrong, I know 
little of patent law, but I thought you could patent dang near anything, as 
long as you were the first to apply for the patent.

On Friday 20 December 2002 01:27 pm, you wrote:
> What about Zephyr? Isn't that as old as the hills themselves? I was just
> trying to look up some info on it but I didn't get too much information.
>
> Regards,
> Tom
>
> Shea Tisdale wrote:
> > AOL has been granted a patent for instant messaging.
> >
> > http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/biztech/12/19/internet.aol.reut/index.html
> >
> > I can't see how the patent office could approve a patent when other
> > instant messaging systems clearly existed before hand.  Although when you
> > read the patent, it could be describing any number of things, including
> > email - they write these things so vague sometimes.
> >
> >
> >
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