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The difference of stealing yourself vs being stolen from (lemm.ee)
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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/5636484

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Inventions need to be non-obvious (35 U.S.C. 103: Conditions for patentability; non-obvious subject matter) in order to be patentable. Prior art can be used to show that an invention is obvious. The prior art doesn't need to rise to the level of detail contained in a patent to be prior art.

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