[opendtv] Re: 8VSB Patents running out?

  • From: Mark Schubin <tvmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:18:13 -0400

That's a date he has used. It doesn't jibe with patent databases. For a patent to expire in 2016, it would have to have been applied for in 1996. The ATSC digital-television standard came out in 1995. This does not compute.


TTFN,
Mark


John Shutt wrote:
2016?

John

http://www.tvtechnology.com/dailynews/one.php?id=2952

"Not exactly, said Richard Lewis, senior vice president of technology for Zenith. Lewis said Zenith is offering the use of E-VSB for free with any 8-VSB license, (8-VSB demodulators are necessary for digital over-the-air reception). When the 8-VSB patent portfolio expires in 2016, the E-VSB licensing program would then kick in. Lewis said E-VSB patents are pending, but "if and when they are" awarded, they would run to about 2022. "

----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Barry" <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>


When do the patents run out?

- Tom




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