First-To-File vs First-to-Invent explained, quite nicely

While googling today on prior art matters, I happened across Patent Baristas blog.
Of particular interest to me was recent post on regard of (US) Patent reform - Patent Reform: What Does First-To-File Mean To Me? - Stephen Albainy-Jenei quite nicely explained First-To-File vs First-to-Invent (and variation first-inventor-to-file) issues, so I do understand much better [...]

Portfolio of most recent Russian prior art searches

We’ve been keeping our site updated - last week we put up portfolio of most recent Russian prior art searches.
For starters, here is one of these:
The Russian prior art search has been carried out among Russian and Soviet patent documents with an effective date after 1959 till present which concern Pd/Pd alloy membrane on porous [...]

You’d better not ignore Russian Prior Art search - says New Scientist magazine

LED developed in Russia in 1920s
By Nick Farrell
The Inquirer
CLAIMS THAT the LED was invented by four independent American research groups in 1962 are false, according to New Scientist magazine.
The mag’s hacks have found that the LED was invented by a Russian genius around forty years earlier.
Oleg Vladimirovich Losev was a radio technician who noticed that [...]