“First Inventor to File” Major Change in US Patent Law
December 4, 2012 | Terry Sharrer
Seattle Copyright Lawyer
It’s worth remembering that Elisha Gray and Alexander Graham Bell filed their patent caveats for the telephone on the same day, Feb. 14, 1876. A battle ensued over who was the first to invent—then the standard of US patent law since 1790—rather than who was first to file. Beginning in March, 2013, a major change to the patent process will come into force, giving priority to the first inventor to file, rather than the first to invent. MORE
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