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Re:Universities have turned over hundreds of patents to pate... by the_watcher on Friday October 14, 2016 @04:46PM (#12710974)
How did IV get its hands on a patent filed by Linus Torvalds?
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Re:Universities have turned over hundreds of patents to pate... by B1FF_PSUVM on Friday October 14, 2016 @05:24PM (#12711189)
Transmeta? Linus worked for that company a few years.
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Re:Universities have turned over hundreds of patents to pate... by the_watcher on Friday October 14, 2016 @05:28PM (#12711220)
Of course. Momentary blank where I forgot that people get patents while in the employ of companies.
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