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How does such a broad idea even get a patent?
by blackearl 7y ago
How does such a broad idea even get a patent?
- zentiggr 7y agoBecause the USPTO is broken. EOF.
- bcheung 7y agoThis unfortunately is par for the course.
- bumby 7y agoThat is the schtick of patents. The goal is to get the most broad concept approved to give you the most defensible area. However, there is a distinction between the PTO and courts during infringement cases. While the PTO grants the "broadest reasonable interpretation", courts may have a more limited interpretation. "Patented claims are not given the broadest reasonable interpretation during court proceedings involving infringement and validity" https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s2111.html https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s2111.html