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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:06:24 -0700
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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Subject: Re: Re-implement MCE log ring buffer as per-CPU ring buffer
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Theodore Tso wrote:
> Simply preparing a patent application for filing can take a
> non-trivial amount of time.  I'd suggest that you should ask your
> patent attorney whether he is planning on filing internationally, or
> just in the US.  
> 
> If he (or she) is only planning only in the US, unlike the rest of the
> world, the US is not a first-to-file, so as long as you have proof of
> when you invented it --- for example, getting a description of your
> invention notarized --- you might be able to get clearance from your
> legal department to submit the patch while the patent application is
> getting prepared.

Keep in mind, though, the one-year disclosure-to-file statutory bar.

	-hpa
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