Revised: 20120709

Rick Davies explores the context and history of Seer Systems’ profoundly influential patent #5,886,274 with Chairman and inventor Stanley Jungleib. Jungleib explains the grounds of the patent’s strength and predicts why EFF’s notions about prior art would fail—exactly as they did in October, 2010 when USPTO reissued ‘274 not merely intact, but strengthened by six additional claims.

Errata:
In mentioning the review of General MIDI I misattributed a CMJ statement to the AES. Both reviews are available with the complete text at General MIDI [Book].