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␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧␈↓ ¬X846 Lathrop Drive
␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧␈↓ ¬'Stanford, California 94305
␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 321-7580␈↓ 	nFebruary 7, 1978




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dr. Richard L. Shuey
␈↓ ↓H␈↓GE Research and Development Center
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Schenectady, NY 12305

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Dr. Shuey:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        As␈αwe␈α
discussed␈αat␈αthe␈α
Stanford␈αComputer␈αForum,␈α
Cuthbert␈αHurd␈αand␈α
I␈αhave␈αan␈α
invention
␈↓ ↓H␈↓we␈α⊃would␈α⊃like␈α⊃to␈α⊂discuss␈α⊃with␈α⊃appropriate␈α⊃people␈α⊃at␈α⊂General␈α⊃Electric␈α⊃on␈α⊃a␈α⊃con≡dential␈α⊂basis.
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Unfortunately,␈α∞it␈α∞is␈α∞very␈α∞doubtful␈α∞that␈α∂the␈α∞invention␈α∞is␈α∞patentable,␈α∞because,␈α∞once␈α∞its␈α∂function␈α∞is
␈↓ ↓H␈↓understood, realizing it is easy.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        We␈αbelieve␈αthat␈αour␈αinvention␈αwill␈αeventually␈αbe␈αcomparable␈αto␈αTV␈αin␈αits␈αcost␈α
and␈αmarket
␈↓ ↓H␈↓size.␈α It␈α
involves␈αa␈α
micro-computer␈αused␈α
for␈αa␈α
new␈αapplication␈α
that␈αwill␈α
appeal␈αto␈α
people␈αentirely
␈↓ ↓H␈↓uninterested in computers per se.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Enclosed␈α
is␈α
a␈α
copy␈α
of␈α
an␈α
agreement␈αstating␈α
the␈α
approximate␈α
basis␈α
on␈α
which␈α
we␈α
would␈αlike␈α
to
␈↓ ↓H␈↓discuss␈αthe␈α
idea.␈α However,␈αif␈α
G.E.␈αhas␈αa␈α
customary␈αagreement␈α
for␈αsuch␈αdiscussions,␈α
we␈αcould␈αdo␈α
it
␈↓ ↓H␈↓their way.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Thank␈α
you␈αfor␈α
your␈αwillingness␈α
to␈αforward␈α
this␈αcommunication␈α
and␈αto␈α
introduce␈αus␈α
to␈αthe
␈↓ ↓H␈↓people␈α∀who␈α∀will␈α∀consider␈α∀it.␈α∀ This␈α∀letter,␈α∀of␈α∀course,␈α∀contains␈α∀no␈α∀information␈α∀we␈α∀regard␈α∀as
␈↓ ↓H␈↓con≡dential.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



␈↓ ↓H␈↓John McCarthy

␈↓ ↓H␈↓cc: Dr. Cuthbert Hurd, 332 Westridge Drive., Portola Valley, CA 94025