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How can you patent voltages?



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunning_transceiver_logic

It's actually a standard (JESD8-3), but the patent is mentioned in it as 5023488 and it's not owned by Intel. It expired in 2010.

https://patents.google.com/patent/US5023488A/en


The patent was probably on the signalling technology devised to be able to operate at these "non-standard" voltages.




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