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Would you mind expanding on how a prior art search works? It might be of great interest to folks here.
by chris_j 14y ago
Would you mind expanding on how a prior art search works? It might be of great interest to folks here.
- btn 14y agoThe USPTO publishes its operating manual for examiners on its website. All of chapter 900 deals with prior art and searches for it, but an overview of the process can be found in these sections: 904: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/documents/0900_904.htm http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/documents/0900_904... 904.02: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/documents/0900_904.htm http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/documents/0900_904... The process examiners use for a specific patent is also documented by them in the file wrapper for every application and is available in PAIR: http://portal.uspto.gov/external/portal/pair http://portal.uspto.gov/external/portal/pair
- monochromatic 14y agoJust empirically, it seems that examiners almost never use google.