First to file and first to invent: Difference between revisions

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{{patent law}}

'''First to file''' (FTF) and '''first to invent''' (FTI) are legal concepts that define who has the right to the grant of a [[patent]] for an [[invention]]. The first-to-file system is used in all countries,<ref>{{cite news |title=Patent Reform Refuses To Die, Congress Keeps Cashing In |author=Zach Carter |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/06/patent-reform-drags-on_n_951128.html |newspaper=The Huffington Post |date=June 11, 2011 |accessdate=July 31, 2013}}</ref> including the United States, which switched to a '''first-inventor-to-file''' (FITF) system on March 16, 2013 after the enactment of the [[America Invents Act]].<ref name=aiaeffective>[http://www.uspto.gov/aia_implementation/aia-effective-dates.pdf USPTO: "America Invents Act: Effective Dates"]</ref>