That is a very dangerous way to act. If you glanced at another patent. Then 6 months later create a similar sounding patent. File that and the original patent h

That is a very dangerous way to act. If you glanced at another patent. Then 6 months later create a similar sounding patent. File that and the original patent holder can claim you stole their idea. Weblogs would should you looking at it and a lawyer would have no problem saying the idea was stolen. You have no recourse to prove you did not copy the idea under the current system. The general rule for software developers/patents creators is NOT to look at someone else's work. Let a third party researcher do it and let them decide. As an inventor you have to have a clean room design.