In the United States, the first party to file a patent on an invention receives the patent even though some other party was the first to invent the invention.

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The United States operates under a "first-to-file" system, meaning that the first party to file a patent application on a new invention will be granted the patent, even if another party can prove they were the first to actually invent the invention.

In the United States, the First Party to File a Patent