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From: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Silly patents
Message-ID: <1693@gryphon.CTS.COM>
Date: Tue, 29-Sep-87 13:43:46 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 29 13:43:46 1987
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In article <3700001@hpvcla.HP.COM> rickk@hpvcla.HP.COM (Rick Klaus) writes:
>
>   I am currently involved in a patent application, and I
>was told that in the US, you DO NOT have to file the patent
>claim before the invention is disclosed to the public.  You
>have one year from first disclosure to apply for domestic
>patents.  HOWEVER, foreign countries do not give such leeway.
>You must file for the patent before public disclosure.  They
>do, however, allow one year to file after disclosure if you
>filed a US patent application BEFORE disclosing the invention.
>

So thats what "Patent Pending" means :-)

>I guess the US is just too lenient :-)

Not for some things :-(

>Rick Klaus
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