prior art

(thing) by mikewertheim (8.7 y) Wed Feb 09 2000 at 19:13:04
In a patent application, prior art refers to other prior developments that the new invention improves upon. For the patent to be granted, the application must show that the new invention is both novel and unobvious in comparison to the prior art.
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