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Jul 11, 2011

Inventors: Patent measure is causing concern among independent inventors - latimes.com

A bill making its way through Congress calls for a significant change in the way patents are awarded. It would switch the U.S. from a system that favors the first person to invent an item or process to one that would instead give preference to the first person to file for the patent. It's a change that has independent inventors worried that it would make the process more complicated and...
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Nishant BoraJul 12, 2011
most other major jurisdictions other than U.S. have a first to file system, thus putting a less burden of proof upon the inventor. And the inventors may not have to bother saving dates during research process, which may save preserving a lot of paper trail.