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Comment by gumby

7 years ago

That's the author's point -- she was working in a field where there was plenty of active work going on, but after meeting with google, the big G tried to patent it.

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butterfi  7 years ago

Well, if the Exploratorium published a book using paper circuits before Google applied for the patent, is this prior art?

  • gumby  7 years ago

    Infuriatingky, it’s pretty hard to use non-patent sources as prior art under the US system!

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