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Can a patent troll demand money for a generic software feature we built ourselves, and what is the best strategy to prove prior art?

ChatGPTgpt-63 queries11/1/2026
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

SEED QUERY
Can a patent troll demand money for a generic software feature we built ourselves, and what is the best strategy to prove prior art?
3 real searches · 1 real-search pass
USPTO patent prior art public use printed publication anticipation obviousness patent infringement independent development guidanceGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board inter partes review prior art patents printed publications officialGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
35 USC 102 103 271 patent infringement independent invention prior art official Cornell LIIGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason

Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.

Query classes

Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.

ChatGPT real searches (3)
Short factOther / navigational33%ComparisonConsequenceReason67%DefinitionInstructionYes / no

Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 3 of 3 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

ChatGPT3 real searches · gpt-6
USPTO patent prior art public use printed publication anticipation obviousness patent infringement independent development guidance Google ↗
USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board inter partes review prior art patents printed publications official Google ↗
35 USC 102 103 271 patent infringement independent invention prior art official Cornell LII Google ↗
  1. Inter Partes Disputes · uspto.gov
  2. Inter Partes Review · uspto.gov
  3. U.S.C. Title 35 · govinfo.gov
  4. Search Google Patents · patents.google.com
  5. USPTO Patent Search · uspto.gov
  6. GitHub Code Search · github.com
  7. Wayback Machine · web.archive.org

Queries

3 queries · click a column to sort
Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
USPTO patent prior art public use printed publication anticipation obviousness patent infringement independent development guidance
OBSERVED
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—Reason——1x
of 1
USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board inter partes review prior art patents printed publications official
OBSERVED
Google ↗
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—Other / navigational——1x
of 1
35 USC 102 103 271 patent infringement independent invention prior art official Cornell LII
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Reason——1x
of 1