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And according to the video it was already patented back then in the US. Hopefully the patent office will reject the application.
by planede 3y ago
And 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