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Re:A Decade of Slug by amagitakayosi on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @04:45AM (#47423215)
IIRC their patent is mainly for cubic curve filling. It's still in effect: https://patents.google.com/patent/US7564459B2/en
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Re:A Decade of Slug by cylemons on Thursday March 19, 2026 @05:51AM (#47436945)
Aha I saw the paper was published in 2005 and assumed they got the patent at the same time. If they were granted it in 2009 doesn't that means it expires in 2029?
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