I've been to and worked out of Si Valley for a while and I think part of the magic of the place is the non-secrecy & collaborative environment in which the tech

I've been to and worked out of Si Valley for a while and I think part of the magic of the place is the non-secrecy & collaborative environment in which the techies seem to be in. So, I'm not in the "don't share ideas" school. My question was related to the patent system specifically in the US. So the troubling part is, technically if you go to a coworking space or a coffee shop for an hour a month and happen to work on your code there or compile your code there, you can't file a patent since your work in now "public". Previously there was a one year grace period, but the lawyer informed us that new changes to the Patent Law means that grace period no longer exists.