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Patents are certification that a science-educated federal employee in northern Virginia reviewed a patent application and found it generally plausible that its
by refulgentis 3y ago
Patents are certification that a science-educated federal employee in northern Virginia reviewed a patent application and found it generally plausible that its novel and all the right boxes were ticked. It's explicitly not their role to go beyond "generally plausible"
From there, maybe the company awarded the patent try, idk, litigating a FAANG over this (note I didn't read it). That's when you really start digging in.