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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Burton Strauss III, post: 2904935, member: 59677&quot;]Maybe</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wouldn&#039;t matter - even if they had paid the 3 renewal fees it expired in 2012.</p><p><br /></p><p>You pay the fees because the patent is worth it to you. Would have been less than current fees of $1600 for 1st renewal...</p><p><br /></p><p>It was cited a number of times in subsequent patents, among the <i>interesting </i>ones are:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/patents/US8661889" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/patents/US8661889" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/patents/US8661889</a> AURA devices and methods for increasing rare coin value </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/patents/US9367912" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/patents/US9367912" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/patents/US9367912</a> Coin grading system and method&nbsp;&nbsp; (which focuses on counterfeits)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/patents/US8023121" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/patents/US8023121" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/patents/US8023121</a> Method for optically collecting numismatic data and associated algorithms for unique identification of coins. This one is assigned to CoinSecure Inc, which has a website <a href="http://www.coinsecure.com/intro.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinsecure.com/intro.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinsecure.com/intro.htm</a> (although not updated since 2011).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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