http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2011/03/america-invents-act-first-to-invent- and-a-filing-date-focus.html
Problem is - this change has passed the Senate, but is not signed into law. -----Original Message----- From: Dennis Subject: Re: [Vo]:Rossi on-line Q&A posted My understanding is that he is NOT correct. It does not matter if someone else has done it if they have not filed on it. .... unless it was placed into public domain. And even then, I think (but not sure) that there is a window of one year from information release and a patent filing.
