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Interesting that Cutler was working on circuit-oriented stuff that late in the 80s? Or was this invented much earlier, just patented later? He was courted by

Interesting that Cutler was working on circuit-oriented stuff that late in the 80s? Or was this invented much earlier, just patented later? He was courted by Microsoft in '89, so this patent looks like it went through after he'd left DEC, which I guess explains why you didn't have the opportunity to interact with him. I'd be interested in hearing more about this though!

dctoedt 3y ago
The link I posted is public information; I can't say more than that (and don't remember much in any case). Normally the "prosecution history" documents would be available online [0], because they're also a public record, but for this patent that doesn't appear to be the case (it was a long time ago, so possibly the USPTO just hasn't yet digitized the documents). It's been some time since I did patent-application work so I'm probably not up to date on USPTO procedures and resources. [0] https://patentcenter.uspto.gov/applications/07233378/ifw/transactions?application= https://patentcenter.uspto.gov/applications/07233378/ifw/tra...