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Well you wouldn't know something is patentable from the outset, that's the whole point.

• vasco 2y ago
  Of course you do, when you start a project you know how you're going to do it. Even if you never done it before and it might fail, you know what you're going to try, so you know from the outset if it's patentable or if your attempt is based on someone else's approach so it's not patentable.
  • david-gpu 2y ago
    > when you start a project you know how you're going to do it In my experience that has only been true for the simplest tasks I've been assigned to do. The only examples that come to mind are stuff I did as a junior developer. YMMV, of course. As my career progressed more towards the R part of R&D, uncertainty skyrocketed.
  • freejazz 2y ago
    So you know you are going to invent something totally novel before you invent it? You either don't understand what 'novel' or 'patentable' means.