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Line 19: As a further extension of the example, assume Tweety conceived of the same mousetrap on December 31, 1990. Tweety never told anyone about the mousetrap and did not work on reducing the mousetrap to practice for many years due to financial reasons. Tweety finally actually reduced the mousetrap to practice on February 15, 2006. Because Tweety did not diligently work to reduce the invention to practice in the period before others' conception of the same invention, he is not entitled to a patent over Tom or Jerry.<ref>[http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/documents/0700_715_07_a.htm#sect715.07a 715.07(a) Diligence - 700 Examination of Applications<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> However, if Tweety has published his idea before 2006, then this publication can be a basis to reject or invalidate Tom or Jerry's patent.{{fact\|date=January 2016}} == Canada's change to first-to-file ==

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