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A patent is a right granted by a government entity for [intellectual-property] (IP), which excludes others from using that IP. Use this tag when asking specifically about patentability or patented matters.

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Patent infringement

If your product sale or public disclosure of your idea occurred before the priority date of the other parties patent, then it would be considered prior art. Being prior art means it could potentiall …
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