[HN Gopher] The Invention of the Integrated Circuit: Jean Hoerni...
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       The Invention of the Integrated Circuit: Jean Hoerni's Patent
       Notebook
        
       Author : kryster
       Score  : 45 points
       Date   : 2024-04-28 11:45 UTC (11 hours ago)
        
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       | AlbertCory wrote:
       | The US had a "first to invent" method of resolving priority for
       | patents, until the 90's when it adopted the "first to file"
       | method used in most of the world.
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       | The "lab notebook" like Hoerni used was crucial to establishing
       | that you really did invent it before someone else, even though
       | you didn't file for a patent yet. This was tested in an
       | "interference" proceeding. Naturally, bureaucratic procedures are
       | the closest thing to eternal life that we have on Earth, and they
       | still exist:
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       | https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s2301.html
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       |  _Given the infrequency, cost, and complexity of interferences
       | and derivation proceedings, it is important for the examiner to
       | consult immediately with an Interference Practice Specialist
       | (IPS) in the examiner's Technology Center, see MPEP SS 2302, once
       | a possible interference is identified._
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       | "Infrequency" -- they got that right. The vast majority of patent
       | practitioners have probably never done one.
        
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