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I've read your comment twice, and it seems to me that it actually validates the "first to file, biatch" comment..? According to (a) if someone files a patent f

I've read your comment twice, and it seems to me that it actually validates the "first to file, biatch" comment..? According to (a) if someone files a patent first then if there is any prior art that and any subsequent patent applications will fail. According to (b) if someone files a patent first then out of that and any later patent applications the first one will win. Seems to fit with "first to file" to me.

dangrossman 13y ago
The "invention" has been made public (in paulftw's dated comment) before anyone has filed for a patent. It's no longer patentable material in a first-to-file system as there's now evidence that it's obvious to practitioners of the field, and this evidence predates any filing gcb0 can make. In first-to-invent, he could've claimed an invention date prior to the comment. Sound right?
- gcb0 13y ago
  giving an idea is not like presenting an invention/prior-art.
  - axman6 13y ago
    If it's enough for a person skilled in the art to produce the invention without needing any inventive thought, then yes, it is.