Originally Posted by
Quemerford
This is misleading: a patent can be approved for something that already exists; it is not a statement of originality. What you may mean is that a patent would not have been approved if it had already been patented. Even then, this is not entirely true: I can patent the use of something as a toothpaste but it could be patented by someone else for a different function.
Not really sure how to answer this one.i have a fair understanding of patents as I had 2 in my name.
but it's easy enough to look up on Google
Many thanks
Gary