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To: Ingenious who wrote (20403)12/24/1998 2:41:00 PM
From: Greg B.  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 152472
 
Leland,

I believe you are asking the wrong question about patent scope:

uspto.gov

The subject matter sought to be patented must be sufficiently different from what has been used or described before that it may be said to be nonobvious to a person having ordinary skill in the area of technology related to the invention.

Usually this is how people "work around" patents in practice.

Happy Holidays!

Greg B.