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A comment on Bitcoin Mining Hardware Accelerator with Optimized Message Datapath. Parent comment

Re:Bitcoin Mining Hardware Accelerator with Optimized Messag... by Obi_Juan_Kenobi on Monday April 02, 2018 @01:27PM (#16736777)
Isn't it first-to-file now?
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Re:Bitcoin Mining Hardware Accelerator with Optimized Messag... by shemnon42 on Monday April 02, 2018 @06:22PM (#16739972)
(a) it is first /inventor/ to file. You cannot patent stuff you (for various values of you) didn't invent. (b) it is still subject to prior art disclosures.
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