European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 1, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday september 1, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Patent May put inventor in the chips mfg a nutty a _ a a i Page 7 new York apr a Patent granted to an obscure 52-year-old inventor for a Basic computer Chip design could Cost the computer Industry hundreds of millions of dollars in Roya try a history experts said t ties and rewrite the Indus liar Day. But the major computer Chip makers could mount a court Battle that would Block any payment for years or even overturn the Patent analysts added. A experts were divided As to the scope of computer devices covered by the Patent won by Gilbert Hyvatt a Southern California Engineer. Y a some believed it covers microprocessors the computers on a Chip that Are the a a brains of computers and calculators. Others believed it covers Only Micro controllers the less sophisticated but More widely used chips found in household appliances and other electronic devices. Intel corp., the computer Chip maker that has been credited with inventing the microprocessor and Texas instruments inc. Have patents that cover the device. Experts said it was unclear How Hyatte a Patent differs. Spokesmen for Intel Texas instruments and Motorola inc., another major Chip maker declined to comment until their attorneys had time to study he att a Patent. A a by sett of la Palma calif., battled with the . Patent office for 20 years before he was granted the Patent last month. News of the Patent was disclosed this week. Hyatt said his intention in seeking the Patent was to t history Strait Felt nine Man Tjw a us j How much a a. Univ Paivio waa in set history straight plus earn royalties. He has not said Ich Money he is seeking. F inventor Gilbert Hyatt with one of his projects. Daniel l. Klesken an analyst at Prudential Bache securities inc., figured out what the Patent could Cost Intel and Motorola the two largest . Chip makers if it applied to their entire line of microprocessors and Micro controllers. A Royalty of 0.5 percent the Low end of usual rates would Cost Intel $10 million and Motorola $6 million a year he said. A 2 percent Royalty would Cost Intel $40 million and Motorola $24 million. A a in a also believing that it appears this is a person who interested in some Fame and recognition and respect for this Patent and is not out to try to Rob the Bank a Klesken added. Under Patent Law Hyatt can Only seek royalties Back to the Date the Patent was issued not when it was filed. Experts predicted a Legal Battle could determine whether Hyatt Ever sees any royalties unless he agrees to fees Low enough that the Chip companies would rather pay him than take him to court. A it wont take much to make Hyatt a very Rich Man which is Petty Cash for most of these Guys a said Millard Phelps an analyst at the san Francisco brokerage Hambrecht amp quist. A a they re also used to litigating for years on end if they choose not to  Klesken said Hyatt May not be Able to afford years of litigation. A a he a got to pay lawyers a he said. Gary Hecker a los Angeles Patent attorney said semiconductor companies could Challenge the patents Validity at the . Patent office or if Hyatt seeks royalties in Federal court. Hecker who has read the Patent said the document appears at least on its face to cover microprocessor technology in  halts columbian a launching Cape canaveral Fla. Apr a broken electronic part caused Nasa to scrub saturdays scheduled launch of space shuttle Columbia extending the bad Luck that has dogged the space Agency All year. Nasa officials waited until late thursday night before halting the countdown for a scientific Mission that was to last nine or 10 Days. Another attempt wont be made before wednesday. The culprit was in an electronic Box that routes electrical Power and telemetry Between the spacecraft and an a Ray Telescope. The space Agency is under pressure to get the Astro Mission under Way by mid september because of the approaching launch of the shuttle discovery with a space probe that is to go into orbit around the Sun. Officials Arentt sure which of two components in the broadband a Ray Telescope control Box is at fault and the Date of the next launch attempt depends on what they find when they enter the cargo Bay this weekend. Doonesbury a Stamps showing up on mail Newark it fast 7anb it a. I it a. Newark . Apr Zonker Duke Mike doonesbury and the rest of Gary Trudeau a gang Are on the . Postal services a most unwanted list. Postal employees were warned last week that some people Are trying to pass off ornamental Stamps bearing the comic strip characters As the real thing officials said wednesday. The postal service issued the warning last week after a few letters showed up in Post offices around the nation with Trudeau a creations As the postage said Art Shealy a postal spokesman in Washington. The gummed fakes come from the 1990 doonesbury stamp album a collection of Over 140 Stamps featuring characters from the comic strip. The $8.95 Book released july 10 by Penguin books in new York is designed to raise Money for the writers voices program of the literacy volunteers of new York City a spokeswoman for the publisher said. One stamp shows Trudeau a homeless characters sitting on a Park Bench and covered in Snow with the caption a freezing to  another tracks the course of Dukes career from governor ambassador and Zombie to Donald Trump  others say first class or fragile and an airmail stamp says a Wing  done to see How anyone could look at this and think its a postage stamp a said Penguin spokeswoman Janet Kraybill. Postal service cancelling machines Are supposed to Check whether postage on a letter has a phosphorus coating but sometimes done to catch All bogus Stamps on the 530 million pieces of mail processed daily Shealy said. This Marks the second time Trudeau a Stamps have troubled the Agency. A sunday comic strip in May featured Zonker Harris in two sullen poses on drawings that resembled Stamps. Both had . Protest written above Zonker and showed a value of minus-5 cents. One stamp said a mad As Heck and the other said a ticked  postal officials said a few letters showed up with the drawings attached. The drawings were protesting the postal services request for a 5-cent increase in the 2 5-cent postage rate. Mail with a bogus stamp is returned to the sender or is sent postage due if a return address is not on the envelope. It also might wind up in the dead letter bin. Shealy said the postal service will investigate the use of bogus Stamps which is illegal. Missouri executes gang Leader Gilmore Drvar Var n try or a a. _ Potosi to. Up a George Gil of murdering the 83-Vear-old woman in a More the Leader of a gang of thugs who crime spree that targeted elderly and terrorized the elderly and handicapped for handicapped people several years was executed Friday by injection for the murder of an 83year-old woman. Gilmore 44, who did not believe the execution would be carried out and did not request a special last meal was Given the injection in the death chamber at Potosi correctional Center at 12 05 . He was pronounced dead at 12 10 . The supreme court twice denied a the court issued a Brief order thursday noting that Justice Thurgood Marshall who opposes the death penalty dissented from the first decision and that Justice Antonin Scalia took no part in the Case. The court issued a similar order less than an hour before the scheduled execution. The orders were the third and fourth times that the nations highest court had year Legal fight to avoid the death penalty. Gilmore was the 136th person executed in the United states since the supreme court lifted its ban on capital punishment in 1976. He was the fourth inmate executed in Missouri this year. Prison officials said Gilmore was Given the first of three injections at 12 05 . He lost consciousness at 12 06 . Gilmore was taken to the execution Hamber strapped on a Gummy after 11 30 . Thursday. The state had 14 witnesses for the execution while Gilmore had three. Stay of execution for Gilmore convicted Neap is gum during his 1 <2 probes link compound to rare blood disorder pm Federal health in i a is a thursday they be Iso chemical compound contaminant batches of a tryptophan the niu10ncalupplement that sickened perhaps 5,000 americans and killed 27. Investigators still done to know How the contaminant got into the product. And scientists have yet to determine whether the compound is itself the cause of the illness or just a a a Marker of another substance. ,�11 Ata a indicate that implicated a by Tophan containing products were contaminated with the compound the l the compound called chromatography was discovered during tests to break Down and Analyse the defective product batches the cd reported. Nationwide cd has received reports of 1,536 cases of a rare blood disorder called Eosinophilic Myalgia syndrome or Ems which has been linked to consumption of a tryptophan an amino acid. Twenty seven patients have died. The actual Case count May be substantially higher the cd said. A maybe our figures might be missing half the cases. Id say 3,000 to 5,000 is a reasonably Good estimate a said or. Edwin Kilbo ume chief of health studies at the cd cd Scenter for environmental health. The food and drug administration ordered All a tryptophan products off the Market after the outbreak began last fall. It was sold through health food stores As a remedy for conditions including weight problems sleeplessness and depression. A new England journal of Medicine report last month concluded that the japanese chemical company whose a tryptophan product has been linked to most cases had made two changes in manufacturing that could have caused the problem the introduction of a new Strain of genetically altered bacteria and a change in its filtering process. That report spurred biotechnology watchdog Jeremy Rifkin a critic of genetic engineering to pronounce the deaths to be the first caused by Gene splicing. A a there a no Way to answer whether Gene splicing could be to blame for the compound contaminating the a tryptophan said or. Larry Needham toxicology chief for the cd cd Scenter for environmental health. A we done to know How its produced  symptoms of Ems include pains fever rash and shortness of breath