Go Hawkeyes - you’re right in that it’s impossible to create relevant prior art after a patent application has been filed. But what this technology is doing is creating prior art not for the patents that exist today, but for patents that *could* exist in the future.

Joe - you’re right. This technology tool is not trying to create patents or claim patentable inventions. Rather, it’s trying to lay down ‘landmines’ so that future patent applicants can not get patent claims.

That’s right.

Actually, he is wrong. The general idea when getting a patent is that, at the time of filing (even as a first-to-file country) the patent office must check all of the published works that already exist in the world. The patent office then determines whether the patent application is any different. If it is, they get a…

Hi 68. There are a number of inaccurate statements here. I’ll try to be brief but thorough.

That’s right.

Hi 68. No that’s not true. Prior art includes non-patents (e.g., websites, textbooks, journal articles, etc.). It basically only has to be in the public domain.