Dan Michaels wrote:
>
> At 04:04 PM 6/17/00 EDT, you wrote:
> >Actually, I would say that the patent office is full of people who are
> >"clueless" period.  At least when it comes to common sense.
> >
> >Randy
> >
>
> JFTHOI, I went to google.com and did a search on openpic. There
> were dozens of references to an OpenPIC standard for multiprocessing
> on PCs that was developed by Cyrix and AMD about 1995. It looks
> like they have since abandoned the idea. Wasn't clear if they had
> a trademark on the name.
>
> - DanM

no results found on the US trademark electronic search system

I tested it and found that microchip does indeed have picmicro
trademarked as well as picstart and a few others.. no openpic found
though.. :)

                Damon