Re: [Fwd: AW: UB-Tree's and patents]

On Sat, 6 Apr 2002, Justin Clift wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> For anyone who's interested in the patent status of UB-Tree's, here is
> further info.
>
> :-)

I dont' understand that. Does it means someone has no rights to
implement the algorithm in any form ? Who has patented an idea of
relational databases ? Donald Knuth in his "All Questions Answered"
said "... the word patent means "to make public"

Regards,

Oleg

>
> Regards and best wishes,
>
> Justin Clift
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: AW: UB-Tree's and patents
> Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 17:41:10 +0200
> From: "Rudolf Bayer" <bayer(at)in(dot)tum(dot)de>
> To: "Justin Clift" <justin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
> CC: "Christian Roth" <roth(at)transaction(dot)de>
>
> the UB-tree has been patented in Europe (PCT) and the US,
> both patents have been awarded.
> the Patent application has been filed in Japan, but processing is not
> compleatet yet.
> A first commercial implementation is available in the product
> TransBase Hypercube from
> TransAction SW GmbH
> contact Dr. Roth ++49 89 62709 170
> regards,
> R. Bayer
>
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> > -----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: Justin Clift [mailto:justin(at)postgresql(dot)org]
> > Gesendet: Dienstag, 2. April 2002 22:08
> > An: bayer(at)informatik(dot)tu-muenchen(dot)de; Stefan Reich
> > Betreff: UB-Tree's and patents
> >
> >
> > Hi Prof. Rudolf,
> >
> > There seems to be some confusion in the Open Source software community
> > as to whether the algorithms/concepts/etc for UB-Tree's are patented or
> > not.
> >
> > Do you know of anywhere we can find information about it's patent
> > status?
> >
> > :-)
> >
> > Regards and best wishes,
> >
> > Justin Clift
> >
> > --
> > "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those
> > who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the
> > first group; there was less competition there."
> > - Indira Gandhi
> >
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Regards,
Oleg
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