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Subject: Re: How much is my encryption algorithm worth?
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On 03/22/2014 10:53 PM, Daniel Mullarkey wrote:
> I developed a lossless, key-based, encryption algorithm that can work in any modern programming language and it has a 1-to-1 relationship between the unencrypted values and the encrypted values as long as the key remains the same and the minimum values and maximum values are known. The key can also be of virtually limitless size. How much is this encryption algorithm potentially worth if I patent it?
>

Good for you.
Obtain a patent.
Market a product.
What's in your wallet?

<http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/howtopat.htm>
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