Questions tagged [novel]
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Does "smaller clothes hangers for petite women" really pass the novel requirement?
According to this article https://www.upcounsel.com/non-obvious
"If your idea is to make clothes hangers in smaller sizes for petite women's clothing, it's possible that your invention is novel, ...
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Is it possible that i will disclose my idea through searching existing patents or using search engines?
Some ideas are very specific and i am wondering if just the search itself for an idea (i.e. internet search engine or Google Patent Search) would potentially disclose to others the idea? Would ...