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Attorney: Duffield; Edward H., Bumgardner; Barry J., Dillon; Andrew J.


Number of patents: 1
Last date: January 28, 1997

NumberTitleIssue Date
5598470Method and apparatus for enabling trial period use of software products: Method and apparatus for utilizing a decryption block
A method and apparatus is provided in a data processing system for securing access to particular files which are stored in a computer-accessible memory media. A file management program is provided as an operating system component of the data processing sy... 		01/28/1997
 
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