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37 years
Used to be 17 years but it was increased by 20 years some 4 or 5 years ago. Drug companies lobbied for longer patent length as trial periods were taking too long and the risk of the patent expirign before they could market the drug was supposedly hindering innovation.
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How long do patents last?  Bill4 | 04/22/05
37 years  voska | 04/22/05
So long as companies can keep ponying up the green iron  Jeff Spicoli | 04/22/05
I could be wrong, but ...  rock06r | 04/22/05
Just kidding around guys....  Bill4 | 04/22/05
This is what's the fundamental problem  rock06r | 04/22/05
According to uspto,,,  potomac79 | 04/22/05
Sweet Deal  Jeff Spicoli | 04/22/05
Until...  rock06r | 04/22/05
How much GPL  Real World | 04/22/05
A lot of this is the fault of the computer/software companies  j.m.galvin | 04/22/05
Whoops - posted wrong place - meant as reply to ARTICLE nt  j.m.galvin | 04/22/05
Caught in the hypocrisy again.  vdraken | 04/22/05
Hypocrisy begets hypocrisy  shawkins | 04/22/05
Thanks Shawky  Jeff Spicoli | 04/22/05
Not just "hypocritical"  Richard Flude | 04/22/05
Has MS filed a patent suit?  __howard__ | 04/23/05
Coke/pepsi  voska | 04/25/05
Well, maybe two wrongs will make a right  FilledOut | 04/22/05
Well, that tells me something  JimSatterfieldW | 04/25/05
PNG, here I come!  CobraA1 | 04/22/05
PNG will not help  FirstNLastN | 04/22/05
The real problem indeed ...  George Mitchell | 04/22/05
Patent Clerks Not Greedy  __howard__ | 04/23/05
Sweet, now if MS could buy up PNG  FilledOut | 04/23/05
The problem with the US patents  Francisco Reis | 04/24/05
Patents  IT_Critic | 04/25/05
Watch what microsoft does  Been_Done_Before | 04/25/05

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