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From: dennis@se-sd.sandiego.NCR.COM (Dennis Foster x5739)
Newsgroups: sci.crypt,comp.misc
Subject: Re: patents -- (disclosure)
Message-ID: <1329@se-sd.sandiego.NCR.COM>
Date: Mon, 28-Sep-87 10:32:45 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 28 10:32:45 1987
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In article <2411@calmasd.GE.COM> jnp@calmasd.GE.COM (John Pantone) writes:
>
>One, commonly used, method for "proving" the date of invention is to
>document the invention and mail it to yourself (postmark).  Leave the
>envelope un-opened.
> 
Gosh, I think I'll mail myself some envelopes (unsealed of course) to
get them postmarked today.  Then, when something comes along that I
want to be the inventor of, I'll write a description of it and put it
into one of the envelopes and seal it.  Incontrovertible evidence that
the invention was mine!  :-) :-) :-)