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Re: The patent process


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: The patent process
Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 22:13:57 GMT
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> In theory, you, as a skilled practitioner of the art, are supposed to be
> able to know when something you have developed qualifies as potentially
> new, useful, and unobvious and be able to do a search for applicable

That's not enough.  You also have to watch out for patents that cover stuff
that were novel in their days but are obvious now.


        Stefan

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