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On March 16, 2013, the U.S. patent system switched to a 鈥渇irst-inventor-to-file鈥 system.
Dates of disclosure are important because, in the United States, inventors generally have one year from the date of public disclosure to file a patent application. Once one year has passed from the public disclosure date, patent rights may be lost.
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