Existing work that suggests an invention isn’t novel enough to be patentable Crossword Clue

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EXISTING (adjective)
1. having existence or being or actuality
2. existing in something specified
INVENTION (noun)
1. a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation
2. the creation of something in the mind

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