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		api on March 28, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Judge Says Mathematical Algorithms Can’t Be Patent... Does this invalidate certain crypto patents, like the NTRU patents or the RSA patent (if it were still in effect)?

tlarkworthy on March 28, 2013 [–]

yes until you append "... as a method for encrypting communications" (an application of said mathmatics)

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