'first to file' is not quite right; it's 'first inventor to file.' You can show an earlier filing was derived from your disclosure and, thus, was not by an in

'first to file' is not quite right; it's 'first inventor to file.' You can show an earlier filing was derived from your disclosure and, thus, was not by an inventor. See http://www.aiarulemaking.com/rulemaking-topics/group-3/derivation-proceedings.php http://www.aiarulemaking.com/rulemaking-topics/group-3/deriv.... The distinction is noteworthy, in part, because most of the world is in a true 'first to invent' regime.