Subj : Re: RCU+SMR   Not!
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Markus Elfring
Date : Sat Sep 10 2005 08:21 pm

> Patent application number is 20040107227 filed Dec 3, 2002.  Earliest publication
> is about Jan 28, 2002.  There may have been a provisional patent filed but at
> any rate I'm pretty sure IBM and the patent attorneys they hire are aware of
> patent law requirements at that time.

Would you like to refer to this document?
Method for efficient implementation of dynamic lock-free data structures with safe memory
reclamation
http://freepatentsonline.com/us-app20040107227.html

Does a special application of "hazard pointers" specify a state of the art technique?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prior_art

Regards,
Markus

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