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From: Erik Josefsson <ehj@cleosan.com>
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Swedish company ASEA used to publish things they did not want others to 
patent, ("patentprofylax").

IBM Disclosure Bulletin had the same function, but I don't know if its 
still around or if it's online nowadays.

Maybe here?

    http://kernel.org/


Would it not radically improve the efficiency of the USPTO if programs 
for computers published on the internet was excluded subject matter in 
the states, as it still is in Europe?

//Erik

