1. I am not saying that bad patents should be granted, but you might want to read the claims of the patent, not those of the press release (what everyone here does). Beware that the claims claim only those methods/systems that have all the technical features of the claims. I think the claimed system/method is quite a bit more restrictive than CVS.
2. afaik the examiners in the USPTO do not do any search for prior art, they have to accept the prior art submitted by the applicant (see the patent document).
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1. I am not saying that bad patents should be granted, but you might want to read the claims of the patent, not those of the press release (what everyone here does). Beware that the claims claim only those methods/systems that have all the technical features of the claims. I think the claimed system/method is quite a bit more restrictive than CVS.
2. afaik the examiners in the USPTO do not do any search for prior art, they have to accept the prior art submitted by the applicant (see the patent document).
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Yup, I tried to filter out StarWars and it's somehow still there