factoring algorithms are patented?

2006-01-19, 05:36

is any factoring algorithms getting patent for its implementations?.Why not?

sean · 2006-01-19, 20:04

There is a patent on the TWINKLE device. See " Method and apparatus for factoring large numbers with optoelectronic devices" US patent #475920, filed in 1999.

My guess as to why there are not more patents in this area, is that most people working on factoring are either academic or do so as a hobby; and therefore have little interest in deriving monetary reward for their efforts. A lot of them are probably people who despise the patent system in general.

2006-01-19, 05:36	#1
koders333 2³·3³·41 Posts	factoring algorithms are patented? is any factoring algorithms getting patent for its implementations?.Why not?

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2006-01-19, 20:04	#2
sean Aug 2004 New Zealand 2·5·23 Posts	There is a patent on the TWINKLE device. See " Method and apparatus for factoring large numbers with optoelectronic devices" US patent #475920, filed in 1999. My guess as to why there are not more patents in this area, is that most people working on factoring are either academic or do so as a hobby; and therefore have little interest in deriving monetary reward for their efforts. A lot of them are probably people who despise the patent system in general.