In the United States, the first person to invent an item or a process is given patent protection over a later inventor who was first to file a patent application.

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In the United States, the first person to invent an item or a process is given patent protection over a later inventor who was first to file a patent application. This is known as the "first-to-invent" system.

In the United States, the First Person to Invent an Item