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Originally Posted by RWood
Pending patents are not published in the US. There is no way (unless Discovery told them) that Amazon knew about the patent until it was issued.
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That's not exactly true. A patent applicant can
choose not to have it disclosed, but must do so affirmatively (the default is that it is disclosed) and by making that choice, limits the patent's geographic scope to the U.S. You cannot choose nondisclosure and apply for the same patent in, for example, France.