Re: Is b-tree index patented?

"Mikito Harakiri" <mikharakiri_at_iahu.com> wrote in message news:<V2Hjb.53$wP6.76_at_news.oracle.com>...
> What is going on with patents in software?

This is about Europe:

http://swpat.ffii.org/journal/news/index.en.html#aipla0310

>Not to point fingers, but any
> randomly selected patent like this
>
> http://164.195.100.11/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect2=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fne
> tahtml%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PALL&RefSrch=yes&Query=PN%2F5884309
>
> just looks silly.

It is not the silliest I have seen (by far).

What do you think about this?

http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=McGoveran.IN.&OS=IN/McGoveran&RS=IN/McGoveran

I have not readen it yet, but IMO the approach described in "Intro" 8 ed is flawed.

> It's more reasonable to
> search for an opposite case, great inventions that haven't been patented.
> Was b-tree patented, for example?

Imagine I have a better algorithm which I can not found on any book or patent. Should I try to patent it, or it does not deserve the effort?

Regards
  Alfredo Received on Sun Oct 19 2003 - 18:52:32 CDT