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Re:Show HN: Explore ideas whose patent protection expires today by md2be on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @06:52PM (#13314440)
BC under old rule, the term was 17 years from issue date (not filing date)
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Re:Show HN: Explore ideas whose patent protection expires today by monochromatic on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @09:42PM (#13315249)
Yeah but that changed a long time ago. There aren't many patents still in force that have a term calculated under the old rule.
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