From phm@openecs.org  Tue Oct 31 09:53:58 2000
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 10:53:58 +0100 (CET)
From: PILCH Hartmut phm@openecs.org
Subject: [Patents] Re: EPO patent on distributing cooking recipes in a supermarket

> A few discreet enquiries have revealed that EP-870264 is a pending 
> application and not a patent.

Which few inquiries?
Are they reproducable for the public?

> It's difficult to take Hartmut Pilch's comments seriously when 
> disinformation like this is being spread. He's been in the game long enough 
> to know that all sorts of garbage is applied for; let's wait and see what 
> actually comes out.
 
The FFII workgroup found EP-870264 on Espacenet in the database of granted
patents, with a publication date of 1998.  We are just checking whether an
error occurred.

-phm





