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Use, duplication, or disclosure by the Government is subject to restrictions set forth in the Commercial Software - Restricted Rights clause at 52.227-19 of the Federal Acquisitions Regulations (48 CFR 52.227-19) except that the government agency shall not have the right to disclose this software to support service contractors or their subcontractors without the prior written consent of GemStone Systems, Inc.

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Patents

Facets is covered by U.S. Patent Number 6,256,637 "Transactional virtual machine architecture", Patent Number 6,360,219 "Object queues with concurrent updating", Patent Number 6,681,226 "Selective pessimistic locking for a concurrently updatable database" and Patent Number 6,681,226 Selective pessimistic locking for a concurrently updatable database". Facets may also be covered by one or more pending United States patent applications.

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