Prior art (also known as state of the art, which also has other meanings, or background art[1]), in most systems of patent law,[2] constitutes all information that has been made available to the public in any form before a given date that might be relevant to a patent's claims of originality. If an invention has been described in prior art, a patent on that invention is not valid.
Da li ovo znači da ako dođem do nekog izuma i objavim ga pre patentiranja, da naknadno ne mogu da ga patentiram?