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How can you comment on a patent that hasn't been granted yet? I.e. when it was posted it wasn't a patent. Also, if it was posted/discussed in a public forum be
by pan69 14y ago
How can you comment on a patent that hasn't been granted yet? I.e. when it was posted it wasn't a patent. Also, if it was posted/discussed in a public forum before the patent was granted doesn't that violates the validity of the patent?
- rabidsnail 14y agoI assume all of the stuff that gets posted to this site is "Patent Pending".
- droithomme 14y agoThe USPTO publishes patent applications. When the public comments on them, pointing out obvious prior art (something I have done), the patent office sent a form letter telling them that such input was not permitted. The appropriate way to challenge a patent was to wait for it to be approved, and then spend tens of millions of dollars challenging it in court, assuming you had tens of millions of dollars and many years. The new system allows random members of the public with an interest to point out prior art.