>>proof of creation date.
>Obama changed the patent laws so 'first to create' isn't relevant anymore. Now it is 'first to formally file'. Have a nice day.
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>(They fucked the entire patent system.)
Yes they did.
The law makes a number of changes to how the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office operates. It changes, for example, the system of who receives the patent from first-to-invent to first-to-file.
http:// www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/promise/398/reform-the-patent-system/
"Obama’s Anti-Patent Bias Led to the Destruction of His Legacy"
https:// www.ipwatchdog.com/2016/12/14/obama-anti-patent-bias-destruction-legacy/id=75618/
It's a fucking disaster. Worthy of a dig all its own. Don't know how we've avoided this for so long as it has profound consequences.