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Bill Jeckle

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Change in law could cause race to the patent office

U.S. system had favored first to invent; new rules give nod to first to submit
March 28, 2013
Bill Jeckle
If you're an inventor, get your racing shoes on. You're going to need to be a lot quicker to get to the U.S. patent office now than you have been in the past. Nearly every country in the world has its own patent laws for protecting inventions on
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