interesting patent

[Gordon]

"First to invent" rather than "first to file" is the
rule in the U.S.

If (and its a big if) the PageFlex patent does overlap
with rev's geometry manager, it would be necessary to
show that RR (or their hypercard ancestors), were
actually using or selling such a thing publicly, prior
to the priority date of PageFlex's patent (this would
normally be the data of first filing of any
provisional patent - looks to me like 1999 from the
issued patent).

--- Cubist at aol.com wrote:

>    More to the point, was Pageflex's patent issued
> before or after the first 
> release of Rev's Geometry Manager? If the latter,
> I'd say the Pageflex patent 
> ought not have been granted, and should in fact be
> nullified, on the grounds 
> of prior art.
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