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Any publication IS prior art in the US | 478 comments | Create New Account

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Any publication IS prior art in the US

Authored by: OmniGeek on Thursday, June 07 2012 @ 01:28 PM EDT

You are correct, any prior disclosure invalidates a patent.The problem is one of
inadequate resources and inappropriate priorities; the patent examiners must
shovel X number of applications through in Y amount of time, so search depth
suffers. In addition, a favorite tactic for getting a patent through is to cycle
the application through the system again and again with minor edits until the
examiners get tired of seeing it in their queue and just approve it. This
exploits the throughput requirements the examiners are subject to; I'm told it
really works.

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Not just timing issues, but rules - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, June 07 2012 @ 02:40 PM EDT
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So howcome? - Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, June 08 2012 @ 01:02 PM EDT

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