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Should I refrain from publishing a paper or making an oral public disclosure of an invention before SDSMT has filed for a patent?

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Should I refrain from publishing a paper or making an oral public disclosure of an invention before SDSMT has filed for a patent?

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Yes! Call OIPMIL if in doubt. Although we have the one-year grace period in which to file a U.S patent application, prior disclosure to OIPMIL enables us to do a preliminary evaluation to determine if we should file a provisional application and thus protect our foreign patent rights.