USPTO computer patent index

From: Tom Jennings <tomj_at_wps.com>
Date: Thu Apr 8 15:44:15 2004

Really great index! Just break it up into chunks, it does load slow,
but it's otherwise a wonderful thing.



On Tue, 6 Apr 2004, John Allain wrote:

> Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 16:16:24 -0400
> From: John Allain <allain_at_panix.com>
> Reply-To: "General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only"
> <cctech_at_classiccmp.org>
> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
> <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
> Subject: Re: USPTO computer patent index
>
> > As always your comments, suggestions and help are welcome.
>
> Kinda funky in it's present state. takes just under two minutes to display
> (read: display, not download). On this computer that's an estimated 80
> billion clock cycles, or perhaps 4 billion instructions. Amazing that it
> works. Yikes. Good luck on a rev.2 Thx for starting this.
>
> My suggestion: display the default sortation/selection as static html at the
> bottom, for something to look at while the CPU chugs. CGI or PHP
> would of course offload it all.
>
> John A.
>
Received on Thu Apr 08 2004 - 15:44:15 BST