Should Salesforce's Tableau Be Granted a Patent On 'Visualizing Hierarchical Data'? - Slashdot
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Long-time Slashdot reader theodp says America's Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted a patent to Tableau (Salesforce's visual analytics platform) — for a patent covering "Data Processing For Visualizing Hierarchical Data": "A provided data model may include a tree specification th...

America’s Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted a patent to Tableau (Salesforce’s visual analytics platform) — for a patent covering "Data Processing For Visualizing Hierarchical Data

  • dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    9 hours ago

    I need you to show me exactly the words in the link you provided that implies you can be granted a patent with prior art existing beyond the 1 year grace period from the effective filing date.

    What you posted states the opposite :) I agree with you, though—prior art means you can’t patent it. The person I’m responding to believes otherwise.