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by sologoub 4066 days ago
Revisions can keep coming back. No one in the patent office can stop the patent outright and prevent it from coming back. If someone file a patent for something obvious, the examiner cannot completely reject it.

Ideally, the rejection should go in a searchable database/knowledgebase and prevent from anyone else, including the original filer from filling again.