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Should Salesforce's Tableau Be Granted a Patent On 'Visualizing Hierarchical Data'?
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Its true. At least since 2013 rules change https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/aia_implementation/fitf_comprehensive_training_prior_art_under_aia.pdf
That presentation does the exact opposite of what you say. It widens the amount of things considered prior art to include more stuff.