PATENT LAW HAS CHANGED.READ THIS WARNING!

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Because of Nafta/Gatt US patent law has changed...now patents are awarded solely on
DATE OF FILING!  NOT DATE OF ORIGINATION!!   This means all this talk of mailing to
yourself having witnesses is BOGUS.   This possible example will clarify...say I
invent a new VCO...I share with you and tell you I will be filing it with the PTO
in 2 weeks when I return from vacation..  You file it under your name the next
day...In court although I am able to prove I originated the circuit, and that you
in effect stole it by filing first, by the new patent rules I am still screwed and
you get the patent!  Is this clear?  Regardless of any empathy by the judge he will
not have the power to rule otherwise, in my favor.  BE WARNED!!

Scott Gravenhorst wrote:

> Ingo Debus <debus at cityweb.de> wrote:
> >
> >
> >patchell wrote:
> >> The whole idea behind the "mail it to yourself" thing as it was explained to
> >> me once is mostly to establish "when" you had the idea.
> >
> >But a person can always send a unsealed (open) envelope to himself.
> >Then, much later, put anything into it, seal it, and claim he was the
> >one who had the idea first.
> >
> >I doubt any court would accept it.
>
> Right, but that's why the suggestion to have it hand canceled and put
> postal date stamps across the envelope seal.  When I did this, the
> postal clerk asked if it was for copyright.  I said yes and he did
> this by default.  It's awfully difficult to reseal an envelope and
> not screw this up.
>
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