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TeMPOraL on Oct 23, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: GM’s data mining is just the beginning of the in-c...

> (BRB, calling my patent lawyer...)

Can HN comments be used as valid prior art to shoot down patents? I really wish they could be.

laingc on Oct 23, 2018 [–]

They would count as public disclosure, so could be used to invalidate a patent.

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