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Last week I made a post about an idea I wanted to patent. Yesterday and today I am contacted by two new clients who have had the exact same idea and want my help producing a proof of concept. One of them talked about patenting it. I'm going to find out when they had this idea, but if I had to guess, it was probably sometime last week...

Just seems too coincidental. What does it mean?

Last week I made a post about an idea I wanted to patent. Yesterday and today I am contacted by two new clients who have had the exact same idea and want my help producing a proof of concept. One of them talked about patenting it. I'm going to find out when they had this idea, but if I had to guess, it was probably sometime last week... Just seems too coincidental. What does it mean?

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Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray submitted patents for the telephone THE SAME DAY. Bell beat Gray out by two hours Telephone Patent (poweringthenewera.com)

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Can you imagine having just invented the world's first telephone and then it rings

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So what's your big idea? You have to spill it here. They say the hard part isn't coming up with the idea, it's implementing and marketing it