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amagitakayosi 79 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: A Decade of Slug

IIRC their patent is mainly for cubic curve filling. It's still in effect: https://patents.google.com/patent/US7564459B2/en

cylemons 77 days ago [–]

Aha I saw the paper was published in 2005 and assumed they got the patent at the same time. If they were granted it in 2009 doesn't that means it expires in 2029?

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