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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: patents -- (disclosure)
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Date: Wed, 30-Sep-87 17:51:17 EDT
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> 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.

If one looks into the matter, one quickly finds that this is valueless.
The preferred technique is to have someone else read and *understand*
the material and sign and date each page indicating this.
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"There's a lot more to do in space   |  Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
than sending people to Mars." --Bova | {allegra,ihnp4,decvax,utai}!utzoo!henry