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What is a patent's filing date?

Filing an official provisional application creates a filing date for your invention. This filing date establishes the date of invention and protects you from other inventors who might claim to be the first ones to have discovered your invention. The filing date serves as proof to the U.S. Patent Office that you in fact created the invention.

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