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Posted by M. Arthur Auslander on November 03, 2003 at 08:07:17:

In Reply to: question about patents the do the same thing posted by ktpr on November 02, 2003 at 22:42:24:

: I was never clear on this.

: Basically, I have this great idea that does X. I see a patent pending that does Y, which is a sub-set of X. The cliams, or specifications of how, to do Y are a bit different than my idea of how to do X. Is my idea to do X still patentable? What if my idea actaully only covered Y, meaning both ideas do the same thing, is my idea still patentable if it does it in a radically different way?

: thanks for your time
: cheers
: ktpr

Dear ktpr,
If something is patentable, it does not matter if the patent is an infringement of another patent, as far as patentability is concerned.

M. Arthur Auslander
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