Patents to be Auctioned

US Patents 6,397,219 and 6,466,940 which relate to the insertion and extraction of contact, classification and geographic data into and from web pages are to be sold at auction 2008 April 1-2. With a priority date of 1997 February 21, the patents anticipated key aspects of the Semantic Web.

I wrote and filed those patents because I wanted something like the Sematic Web to evolve sooner rather than later. The patents mouldered for 10 years until I was approached recently by Ocean Tomo (http://www.oceantomo.com/index.html) who offered to auction them (http://www.oceantomoauctions.com/OTA_Catalogue_Lot.asp?eventid=42008&Lot=16).

Who gets to own the patents is now out of my hands. However, I’d like them to go to a good home if I can find one.

If you know of anyone likely to be interested in these patents, would you be so kind as to let them know?

I’ve set up a web site for the patent auction lot here: http://www.freewebs.com/dudley-mills/index.htm

Kind regards,

Dudley Mills,

30 Hutchison Crescent,

Kambah, ACT 2902,

Australia.

Phone: +61-2-6296-2639