Andrew Fowler writes: > And once it has been published in the other country, it becomes prior art > so that a filling in another country is (theoretically) going to fail. > Arguing that it would have been granted is irrelevant - it wasn't. (At > least that's how it works for EPC countries, maybe US is different !) The US permits a year to pass between publication and filing. -- John Hasler john@dhh.gt.org Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisconsin