Under the modern U.S. patent law, who receives a patent for an invention?

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Under modern U.S. patent law, the United States operates on a "first inventor to file" system. This means that the patent is awarded to the first person to file a patent application for an invention, regardless of who was the first to invent. This system was established by the America Invents Act of 2011, moving away from the previous "first to invent" system.

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