A District Court judge in Delaware invalidated three Immersion Corp. touchscreen patents due to the fact that the applications were filed on the day the priority application issued as a patent, not before. This is noteworthy because the USPTO has interpreted 35 USC 120 in the other way: to allow applicants to file continuing applications the day the priority application issues.

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