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by tzs 4881 days ago
The patent still goes to an inventor under first to file. All that changes is how priority is determined when independent inventors are vying for the patent on the same invention.
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The sense of "inventor" usually used is the first person, not the subsequent duplicators.
A duplicator cannot get the patent. This is for genuine parallel inventions since you still need to prove you invented it.