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		amagitakayosi 42 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 41 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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