[itronitron]

If the tech company had filed other (related or not) patents previously then it is feasible that they authored and submitted the patent in less than a week.

They may also have been working on the same thing at the same time as you, and then needed to accelerate their patent application after your MVP posting.

The only thing that really matters is the claims section of the patent, so if you can access those be sure to read them to determine how much it overlaps with your stuff.

[athrowaway1]

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.

[itronitron]

Also, you mentioned that this happened a few months ago so there is no way they could have an actual patent yet.

When you meet with the patent attorney you should ask them how you can establish/archive prior art for your previous post on the MVP and also ask them to go over the claims for you. Typically the claims are written in a very general fashion and then they will get more specific sub claims to narrow the patent. It would probably be useful for you to know how narrow the claims are.

[athrowaway1]

Thanks for this, appreciated!