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You're mistaken. The patent office typically checks prior patents, but prior art can be from anything. There have even been prior art cases where inventions in
by ig1 14y ago
You're mistaken. The patent office typically checks prior patents, but prior art can be from anything. There have even been prior art cases where inventions in scifi shows were accepted as prior art.
- seabee 14y agoMy favourite example of prior art, from a Donald Duck comic: http://www.iusmentis.com/patents/priorart/donaldduck/ http://www.iusmentis.com/patents/priorart/donaldduck/