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Re:A startup founder and ex-Facebook engineer’s story of the... by pavlov on Monday September 11, 2017 @03:11AM (#15216614)
That's an ugly React-related patent application for sure.

I hope this application doesn't go anywhere, as there would seem to be a lot of prior art. For example, the Cocoa API in macOS implements the method of Claim 1 pretty much to the letter:

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appkit/nsview/1483...

This API was introduced in OS X 10.3, so that would be 14 years ago.

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Re:A startup founder and ex-Facebook engineer’s story of the... by underwater on Monday September 11, 2017 @08:51AM (#15218099)
React doesn't do layout so it can't do occlusion.
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Re:A startup founder and ex-Facebook engineer’s story of the... by pavlov on Monday September 11, 2017 @10:19AM (#15218688)
The patent description explicitly states it's about React:

"Although many embodiments are described herein in the context of React, embodiments are not limited to React or to rendering only updated views as determined by React libraries."

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