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why is this patent not reference significant previous work?

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Inventor improves own Patent issued 8 months ago

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animal footstool storage

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Prior Art search

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Seems like overwhelming prior art and lack of novelty, could this actually get patented?

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Proving the date of a website being used as prior art

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Prior art for US20140314679

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Finding prior art referenced in the description of an existing patent?

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Are there any free prior art search services?

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is the indirectly claimed priority valid?

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Requirement to submit newly found prior art after Notice of Allowance or Issue Fee Payment?

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Prior art for the same exists

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Searching for "important" patents

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Does it still count as prior art, when something is shown in the drawings of patent documents, but isn't explicitly descibed in the text?

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