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(0) Alice invents a snaffleblort. Some Other Guy invented telephone (1) Bob invents a snaffleblort. A.G. Bell invented telephone. (2) Bob files for a patent on a snaffleblort. A.G. Bell files 6 hours earlier.

Actually happened. We know what happened... ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah@shipwright.com) Shipwright Development Corporation, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA (617) 323-7923 "Reality is not optional." --Thomas Sowell

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