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In article <Bz98BI.BMG@dcs.ed.ac.uk> pdc@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Paul Crowley) writes:
>Quoting bs@gauss.mitre.org (Robert D. Silverman) in article <1992Dec11.171631.26834@linus.mitre.org>:
>>
>>He should not be able to patent this, since what he has done was all
>>known before.
>
>Since when did that stop anyone?

	It stops them about 90% of the time.  Next time you look at a
	patent application, look for the search report (at the back).
	This gives the result of a search for prior and related art.
	In many cases documents that indicate that the application
	cannot be considered to include an inventive step are identified.
	These can disqualify the application.

	Alec Chambers