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Unfortunately there are many patents that simply combine an old thing with a new thing in the obvious way. Since the new thing is new, the combination is "novel
by CodesInChaos 1mo ago
Unfortunately there are many patents that simply combine an old thing with a new thing in the obvious way. Since the new thing is new, the combination is "novel".
- j-bos 1mo agoLaw says must be NON obvious
- CodesInChaos 1mo agoThe patent office applies a much lower "non-obviousness" threshold than how a technical person would interpret that word.
- speedgoose 1mo agoIt’s old memories from the engineering school in Europe but I remember that a patent office is about collecting fees and documents, and won’t do any actual checks on the patents validities. Whether a patent is valid is tested in court.
- pbhjpbhj 1mo agoSome countries don't examine patents for validity, some don't search prior art but leave it to the applicant. But plenty of countries do check for validity - including USA.
- speedgoose 1mo agoInteresting. They obviously don’t check very well if they do.