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		quote on May 23, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: MIT’s Non-Stick Coating Keeps Ketchup Flowing So maybe they've filed the application but have not received the patent/disclosed the invention yet? In the US, you have to prove that you were the first to invent something, not the first to file something (as in Europe), so the secrecy would make some sense...

roc on May 23, 2012 [–]

It's worth noting that the US is switching to a first-to-file system early next year.

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