Markfs, just had a look myself. That Feb 12 date is the date it...

Markfs, just had a look myself. That Feb 12 date is the date it made the patents site. If you read down a little lower on the page you will see it was filed in June 2003. I think that is about normal. The RBP patent was filed filed Feb 7 2003. That was approved about 5 months ago.
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