On Tue November 1 2011, cbgarcia wrote: > Mike: > > Thank you for your response. > > Yes, I am the Tom Garcia described in the website. > (For reference, please google "C. B. Garcia", "Garcia Zangwill", or "Garcia > Gould".) > > It's a series of patent provisionals. My lawyers say that I can put "patent > pending" in my correspondences while we are preparing our formal > submissions. >
Ah, that explains that - "Provisionals" aren't listed in the applications database. Due to some twisted government agency word-smiting, "Provisional Applications" are not "Applications" for the purpose of being listed in the database. Sort-of makes sense though, since a Provisional Application is not a "complete" application, more like an "intent to apply". (Your attorneys probably would not like that summary of mine.) - - - - I __am not__ a member of the development team, only a end-user. But as an end-user I can see that OpenSSL does include patent encumbered code. The inclusion of such is a project decision. But as an end-user: It would just be nice to read what the details of the claims will be and what sort of restrictions they may imply. Which was why I was looking for the patent application. I guess I can wait until your law firm cranks out the paperwork. ;-) Mike > > Regards, > > Tom > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael S. Zick > Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 9:54 AM > To: openssl-users@openssl.org > Subject: Re: New cipher development > > On Tue November 1 2011, cbgarcia wrote: > > I am looking for a cryptographer who may be interested in co-developing a > > new cipher for SSL. > > > > This cipher is in the undecidable class (the hardest class in > > computational complexity) and denies brute-force discovery of a key. > > > > The cipher is described in https://sites.google.com/site/diocipher/. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Tom Garcia, Ph. D. > > Professor of Operations Research (retired) > > > The same Tom Garcia as described here? > https://sites.google.com/site/diocipher/our-company > > What country is the patent pending in? > > It doesn't seem to be in the U.S. patent application database; > but of course, I may be using the wrong search terms: > http://appft.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/search-adv.html > > Mike > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org > Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org > > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org > Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org > > ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org
