This is an application number for a patent application filed between 93 and 97 (that's what the 08 at the beginning indicates). The USPTO doesn't keep these online prior to 2001 as near as I can tell, but Google has a patent which points to the resultant patent and application. US 5874938 should be the right patent based on the application number. Mike At 12:23 PM 8/17/2010, t.petch wrote: >I hope that someone can bridge the gap in my understanding between the IETF >databases and those of the USPTO. > >Looking, for example, at >http://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/1339/ >I see >Patent, Serial, Publication, Registration, or Application/File number(s): US >12/708048 >but when I go to the USPTO to search, they want a seven digit number for granted >patents. Rather, this looks like an application number (not a patent number) >but my searches for an application with that number fail as well, incorrect >format. > >I can search full text and find US Patent 7593340 but that does not seem to >share any data with the IETF tracker. > >(Incidentally, were I able to read Finnish, then there is an excellent database >and I think I could retrieve what I wanted - but I cannot:-( > >Help appreciated. > >Tom Petch > >_______________________________________________ >Ietf mailing list >Ietf@xxxxxxxx >https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf