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["Greg London" <email AT greglondon.com>]

Branko Collin said:
> patents need to be published to constitute prior art.

A patent application is kept as a private exchange
between the inventor and the patent office.
If the patent is granted, the patent office makes
the patent public.

The idea, as far as I can see it, for patent exclusion
using this approach would be to document and publish
ideas to prevent some patent-factory from patenting
stuff like the "one-click" patent, etc.

If you describe it in sufficient detail, publish it
openly, and license it freely, that should be enough
to invoke the patent office's requirement that they
will not issue a patent for an invention that is already
public knowledge.