On Tuesday, 26 August 2014 at 21:35:39 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
There has been some changes in the US since that article was written:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_to_file_and_first_to_invent Ali
True but First-to-file didn't take away Prior Art. In fact, the America Invents Act actually broadened what qualifies as Prior Art so it's even easier* to submit prior art now.
* And by "easier" I mean "still extremely hard but not as hard as it used to be".
