Provided some additional requirements are met (e.g. providing an authoritative statement of the archivist), the United States patent office and the European Patent Office will accept date stamps from the Internet Archive as evidence of when a given Web page was accessible to the public. These dates are used to determine if a Web page is available as prior art for instance in examining a patent application. COUNT 2
QSN1 When are Internet Archive timestamps useful for patent offices? ANS1 in examining a patent application QSN2 What is an example of a condition that must be met for the Internet Archive data to be considered acceptable for submission to patent offices in the US and Europe? ANS2 authoritative statement of the archivist