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Re: What the NSA is patenting
>>>United States Patent Patent Number: 5264794
>>> Date of Patent: 23 Nov 1993
>>>
>>>Method of measuring magnetic fields on magnetically recorded media using a
>>>scanning tunneling microscope and magnetic probe
>>techology isn't much different from what's publicly available), in this case
>>all they were doing was protecting their investment (just like the various PKC
>>patents originally assigned to universities).
>I'm sure there's going to be a REALLY marketable device out of this to get
>royalties off of.
No, the market for the more mainstream MFM's is small (a few K devices), for
MFSTM's it's even smaller (a few dozen?). MFSTM's are usually built by
universities for research purposes, which means the patent won't affect them.
As I said before, it's purely a "we paid for the research, we want some paper
to wave around to justify the cost" thing.
>Question: if we pay taxes, then we pay for the research. if we pay for the
>research, we should be able to see the results, just like shareholders in a
>company.
You can see the results, just read the Journal of Applied Physics or IEEE
Transactions on Magnetics.
I know people like to come up with conspiracy theories about the NSA, but this
patent won't work as the basis for one.
Peter.