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A comment on Ask HN: Do provisional patents matter for early-stage startups?.

Re:Ask HN: Do provisional patents matter for early-stage sta... by annoyingnoob on Monday February 09, 2026 @11:35AM (#46947266)
You might consider a non-disclosure agreement with parties that you need to share things with.
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Re:Ask HN: Do provisional patents matter for early-stage sta... by gdad on Monday February 09, 2026 @11:45AM (#46947446)
doesn't that put people off? Like in early conversations?
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Re:Ask HN: Do provisional patents matter for early-stage sta... by josefritzishere on Monday February 09, 2026 @04:26PM (#46951642)
An MNDA is very common. There shouldn't be an issue.
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