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Comment by pjc50

4 months ago

See discussion on first-to-file: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43125638

The "clock" does not start when the invention happens, which is anyway a very hard thing to pin down. But as you say, it creates very counter intuitive results.

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NotYourLawyer  4 months ago

1. That’s not how first-to-file works. It’s a sadly common misunderstanding.

2. This case was from way before first-to-file even went into effect anyway.

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