On 15 March 2013 18:17, Bakul Shah <[email protected]> wrote: > I believe prior art does matter.
Even with first-inventor-to-file instead of first-inventor, it does indeed require invention, hence the frequent interest in the degree and spread of prior art. Also, patents are much more precise things, with much more focus, than people commonly think; they are written in a formal language (despite appearances).
