
State Of The Art Vending Machines
For other uses, see. State of the art (sometimes cutting edge) refers to the highest level of general development, as of a device, technique, or scientific field achieved at a particular time. It also refers to such a level of development reached at any particular time as a result of the common employed at the time. The term has been used since 1910, and has become both a common term in and, and a legally significant phrase with respect to both. In advertising, the phrase is often used to convey that a product is made with the best possible technology, but it has been noted that 'the term 'state of the art' requires little proof on the part of advertisers', as it is considered mere. The use of the term in patent law, by contrast, 'does not connote even superiority, let alone the superlative quality the ad writers would have us ascribe to the term'.