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The previous patent can be cited against your application to show that your claims are not novel or are obvious. It is assumed that granted patents are for things that work and are enabled in the patent.
If, in fact, it does not work then it can be dismissed as prior art. You will need to show that it does not work (without your added twist) by affidavits ...
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