Penny first marketed her automatic backscratcher to the public 30 months ago,and has been tinkering with its design ever since.Deciding that the original design was as good as it was going to get,she took it to a patent lawyer last week.He told her that,under the Patent Act,she will not be able to patent it because she has left it too late.
-He is right.

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The Patent Act has a time limit for filing a patent application, and Penny has exceeded that time limit by tinkering with the design for 30 months before seeking legal advice. Therefore, she will not be able to patent the automatic backscratcher.

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