Usually means: Previously known or used technology.
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  1. prior art: Merriam-Webster
  2. prior art: Wiktionary
  3. prior art: Dictionary.com
  4. Prior art: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. prior art: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (prior art)

noun:  (patent law) In most systems of patent law, all information that has been made available to the public in any form before a given date that might be relevant to a patent's claims of originality, and to which the patent application is compared to determine if it in fact describes a new invention.

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