> Still, patents become public from the moment they are filed. No. There is an 18 month delay to publication: https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s1120.

> Still, patents become public from the moment they are filed. No. There is an 18 month delay to publication: https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s1120.html https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s1120.html