Patents list references considered by the Examiner. In the U.S., applicants are also required to disclose references known to the applicant that are "material

Patents list references considered by the Examiner. In the U.S., applicants are also required to disclose references known to the applicant that are "material to examination." It is not an admission against patentability, but instead creates a strong presumption of validity over the cited references for a patent that grants. I am a patent attorney, stumbled across this reading about the LK-99 announcement.