@trostparadox, I had no idea of the history of this in the US. Very interesting. To me, it seems that the pre-2011 approach was intended to provide the equitable solution to patent disputes but unfortunately achieved the opposite. If people were more honest and less driven by greed to defile their morality then I believe that option 1 would have worked beautifully. I find it sad that the US was forced to adopt the first to file approach although I hear you in terms of it being much easier to manage and police and therefore make a definitive judgment on who gets the recognition. Thank you for sharing this history with your students and enabling me to therefore share in the learning opportunity.
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