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Subject: Re: supermicro p6sns/p6sas
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Quoth John T. Farmer on Tue, 30 September:
: 
: 	That I don't know off the top of my head.  I suspect that you're
: 	correct & they all are using patented sockets.

[moved to chat]

The fault for that would lie squarely on the shoulders of the patent
office.  Obviousness is *supposed* to be a prima facie criterion for
denial of patent.