Joe Baptista wrote: > does not look like that one was rejected. any advise Jeroen? > > thanks > joe baptista > Most every country requires that patent applications be filed before an invention is ever used publicly or put on sale. Additionally in the US, if an invention is described in a printed publication anywhere in the world the inventor has one year from that date to apply for a patent. Foreign patent holders are granted no special consideration or exemption under US patent laws in regards to the above requirement. nick _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf