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Or, from another point of view, the inventor and the Chinese both copied a design from 1912 [1] which was shown in a widely shown Youtube video in June 2021 [2]
by michaelt 3y ago
Or, from another point of view, the inventor and the Chinese both copied a design from 1912 [1] which was shown in a widely shown Youtube video in June 2021 [2] - a month before this "inventor" applied for a patent [3]
[1] https://patents.google.com/patent/US1059545 https://patents.google.com/patent/US1059545
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBeOgGt_oWU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBeOgGt_oWU
[3] https://patents.google.com/patent/US20230008280A1/en https://patents.google.com/patent/US20230008280A1/en
- planede 3y agoAnd according to the video it was already patented back then in the US. Hopefully the patent office will reject the application.
- ndsipa_pomu 3y agoThe patent office isn't in the business of rejecting applications. That's left for the courts to decide.
- planede 3y agoI'm not really familiar with the patent application process, but according to [1] the US patent office does reject application based on prior art. [1] https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s706.html https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s706.html
- ndsipa_pomu 3y agoHowever, in practise it issues many patents that have prior art https://www.eff.org/issues/patents https://www.eff.org/issues/patents