Ok, here it is http://l2.espacenet.com/espacenet/viewer?PN=WO02075636&CY=ep&LG=en&DB=EPD >From what I can see, it is an application, and has not been granted yet. If someone is getting C&D letters now prior to issue, you should consult your lawyer as to what action you need to take. I did not think that a patent application allows them to send real C&D. If this goes through, any thoughts on whether it is going to put the kabash on the AGBLAST and Altivec-ized HMM? Interesting. On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 16:09, Chris Dwan (CCGB) wrote: > Can anyone enlighten me as to the "real deal" on Altivec (or > otherwise) enhanced codes and patents related to them? I was recently > pointed to an enhanced version of Bill Pearson's FASTA tools, which > turned out to have been de-enhanced at the request of lawyers from a > company called Sencel. > > Sencel appears to have patented a vectorized implementation of > Smith-Waterman, and is (seemingly) using that patent aggressively. I > was disappointed to note that they do not offer any products that actually > make use of the Altivec technology (at present). > > Note: I'm waiting on a response from Sencel as to their point of view. > > In general though: Is this the sort of thing we're going to see more of? > > -Chris Dwan > University of Minnesota > _______________________________________________ > Biodevelopers mailing list > Biodevelopers@bioinformatics.org > https://bioinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/biodevelopers -- Joseph Landman, Ph.D Scalable Informatics LLC, email: landman@scalableinformatics.com web : http://scalableinformatics.com phone: +1 734 612 4615