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Re:House approves major overhaul of patent system by tzs on Thursday June 23, 2011 @11:29PM (#2690875)
Your publication is part of the prior art, and will block their patent to the extent of your invention. They might be able to patent non-obvious improvements to your invention.
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Re:House approves major overhaul of patent system by sukuriant on Friday June 24, 2011 @02:10AM (#2691215)
For varying levels of "non-obvious"
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