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		s1artibartfast on March 1, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: US PTO rules against Univ of California, argues th... Why wasn't this simply based on first to file? I thought the PTO moved away from the discovery standard to a disclosure one?

DannyBee on March 1, 2022 | [–]

These patent applications predate that change. This is an interference proceeding, which was the mechanism for resolving priority before first-to-file

vlovich123 on March 1, 2022 | [–]

Presumably that law change only applies to patents filed after a certain date and this one precedes that.

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