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Getting a patent doesn't mean the patent office doesn't give someone else a patent that more or less covers the same thing.
by rhino369 9y ago
Getting a patent doesn't mean the patent office doesn't give someone else a patent that more or less covers the same thing.
- puzzle 9y agoHah. Sadly true, but you'll probably agree that it's less likely.
- rhino369 9y agoMaybe, all the examiner records I've seen are definitely biased towards patent prior art rather than published works. But I'm not sure it's worth the expense of patenting all that work. But every single major IEEE, ETSI, IETF, etc. standard ends up with 10 different companies getting patents on exactly the same shit.