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From the VirnetX website: http://virnetx.com/company/virnetx-promise/ http://virnetx.com/company/virnetx-promise/ "Cutting-edge secure communications technolo

From the VirnetX website: http://virnetx.com/company/virnetx-promise/ http://virnetx.com/company/virnetx-promise/ "Cutting-edge secure communications technology is only one of the essential elements of our products – another is integrity. ..." lol, what products?

josaka 11y ago
FWIW, it looks like they acquired these patents from a company that actually does make something. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Applications_International_Corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Applications_Internati... This is speculative, but these patent filings were probably part of a patent filing strategy that helped justify the employment of a what was likely a decent number of engineers by the original owner.
- st3v3r 11y ago
  I really can't say I care about those jobs. The engineers would have more than likely found other jobs with actual companies that actually do stuff.
  - josaka 11y ago
    According to the inventors' employer's website at the time of filing of these patents: "Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), a Fortune 500 company, is the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the nation. We provide information technology and systems integration solutions worldwide." https://web.archive.org/web/20000511195702/http://www.saic.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20000511195702/http://www.saic.c...
piyush_soni 11y ago
http://virnetx.com/virnetxs-gabriel-collaboration-suite-now-available-major-operating-systems/ http://virnetx.com/virnetxs-gabriel-collaboration-suite-now-... Not sure if they're actually out there, but at least their website lists one product.
veritas20 11y ago
It's actually sad that this company with only patents and no products is a listed public company on a regulated US exchange.
- deleted 11y ago
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- _da_ 11y ago
  Their shareholders probably don't mind - their share price is up 50+% today. http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=VHC+Interactive#{"range":"5d","allowChartStacking":true} http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=VHC+Interactive#{"range":...

josaka 11y ago

FWIW, it looks like they acquired these patents from a company that actually does make something. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Applications_International_Corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Applications_Internati... This is speculative, but these patent filings were probably part of a patent filing strategy that helped justify the employment of a what was likely a decent number of engineers by the original owner.

st3v3r 11y ago
I really can't say I care about those jobs. The engineers would have more than likely found other jobs with actual companies that actually do stuff.
- josaka 11y ago
  According to the inventors' employer's website at the time of filing of these patents: "Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), a Fortune 500 company, is the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the nation. We provide information technology and systems integration solutions worldwide." https://web.archive.org/web/20000511195702/http://www.saic.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20000511195702/http://www.saic.c...

piyush_soni 11y ago

http://virnetx.com/virnetxs-gabriel-collaboration-suite-now-available-major-operating-systems/ http://virnetx.com/virnetxs-gabriel-collaboration-suite-now-... Not sure if they're actually out there, but at least their website lists one product.

veritas20 11y ago

It's actually sad that this company with only patents and no products is a listed public company on a regulated US exchange.

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_da_ 11y ago
Their shareholders probably don't mind - their share price is up 50+% today. http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=VHC+Interactive#{"range":"5d","allowChartStacking":true} http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=VHC+Interactive#{"range":...