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Perhaps, but this line is more often used to pretend that obvious inventions are more novel than they really are.
by scarab92 4y ago
Perhaps, but this line is more often used to pretend that obvious inventions are more novel than they really are.
- OrderlyTiamat 4y agoWhile I intuitively agree with you, how do you tell?
- zimpenfish 4y agoAnd more importantly, how do you tell in the limited time window the patent examiner has ([1] claims it's as low as 19 hours.) edit: [2] has a more in-depth look at the problem [1] https://www.oecd.org/site/stipatents/5_4_Frakes_Wasserman.pdf https://www.oecd.org/site/stipatents/5_4_Frakes_Wasserman.pd... - "on average, an examiner spends only nineteen hours reviewing an application, including reading the patent application, searching for prior art, comparing the prior art with the patent application, writing a rejection, responding to the patent applicant’s arguments, and often conducting an interview with the applicant’s attorney" [2] https://www.patentprogress.org/2018/03/06/granted-19-hours/ https://www.patentprogress.org/2018/03/06/granted-19-hours/