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What Is a Prior Art Search? The First Step Every Inventor Skips (And Regrets)

Every week, inventors spend thousands of dollars filing patents for ideas that already exist. Not “sort of” exist. Not “vaguely similar.” Already patented — sometimes word for word, mechanism for mechanism. And they don’t find out until a patent examiner rejects their application 18 months later, after they’ve already paid $8,000-15,000 in attorney fees. This […]