[Biodevelopers] Altivec enhanced codes?

[David Huen]

On Wednesday 05 Nov 2003 9:19 pm, Joe Landman wrote:
> Hi Chris:
>
>   I would like to hear more about this patent.  Any id# on it?
>
I would expect it to be this one:-
http://l2.espacenet.com/espacenet/viewer?PN=EP1320827&CY=gb&LG=en&DB=EPD

ID#:   EP1320827,   WO02075636 ,  AU9442001, WO0227638

Basically, it claims a patent on applying SIMD instruction sets to 
Smith-Waterman.

These are the papers:-
http://www.sencel.com/press/publications.html

Which only goes to show that even without the patent system changes the US 
is pushing upon the EU, we are quite capable of matching the USPTO.

D. Huen