athrowaway1

Yes in hindsight wish I got a patent in sooner. Lesson learned! Also very cool product your thought of.

Thanks for this, appreciated!

I do hope so. But I've read that US patent law favours 'first inventor to patent' rather than 'first inventor'... will soon find out.

Update for your interest I'm meeting a patent attorney and if there are any valuable findings or lessons learned I'll share them here.(EDIT disclaimer purely for interest - not as actionable legal advice for anyone to use!)

Thanks for this. The company his filed many many patents so it sounds like it's possible for sure. There is a lot of crossover in the claims section. Good point on then seeing the MVP and patenting first if they've been working on it already. My feeling is there's probably not much I can do if they've patented first.

Thanks for this. I can definitely evidence that the post was prior to the patent submission and I have a live website which I can evidence too (also live prior to the patent). I think I'll need to speak with a patent attorney for advice.

I imagine it's a sharp business strategy some people/orgs use, it's quite a cynical one in my view of course!

Thanks, I found out about the patent 6 weeks after I posted the MVP, and the patent was dated 5 days after my post. I'm defaulting to coincidence, but I guess there's a possibility it isn't.

Edit to answer your first question this happened between Nov & Jan.