The first-to-file provisions apply to applications filed on or after March 16, 2013. These were filed well before that date. Under the old first-to-invent par

The first-to-file provisions apply to applications filed on or after March 16, 2013. These were filed well before that date. Under the old first-to-invent paradigm, when there is a question of fact concerning who invented first, the USPTO adjudicates with an "interference" proceeding, which is what this is.