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I disclosed my invention publicly. What now?
Working out how much damage was done, and what is still available.
There may be a real position left.
Showing that something works is not the same as disclosing how. What matters is whether the public material enabled the invention.
- Write down precisely what was shown or said, and what was not.
- File on the undisclosed mechanism quickly.
- Keep the archived version of the page, video or deck as evidence of the limits of the disclosure.
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