Comment Re:Better approach (Score 2, Interesting) 617
No, you absolutely do not. Generally speaking, you (as an inventor) only disclose any prior art you know of at the time of the filing. It is up to the PTO to find other (previously unknown) prior art during patent prosecution.
The exception to this is when you file a petition to "make special", which speeds up some parts of the process, but does place an affirmative burden on the applicant to do a prior art search.
As the other posts note, doing this on your own (without legal advice and against the wishes of your company), potentially opens you and your company up to willful infringement issues.
