Brijesh Kumar wrote: > Granting of patents only means that a person grated a particular patent > was first to make "a claim" about the novelty of an idea or technique > as far as the patent office knows on the basis of "previous claims submitted > to it.". At least in the US, at least sometimes, the examiners do at least some literature search. I remember being involved in a patent where the examiner sent it back with an article clipped from the trade press. -- /==============================================================\ |John Stracke | http://www.ecal.com |My opinions are my own.| |Chief Scientist |=============================================| |eCal Corp. |Among animals, it's eat or be eaten. Among | |[EMAIL PROTECTED]|people, it's define or be defined. | \==============================================================/
- A thought about patents Graham Klyne
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