"apply for patent fees retroactivly where someone had used your idea without knowing that you were thinking of applying for a patent 5 years later.
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Cannot be. Should not be.

Such moves are typical of new genaration executives in thier late 20s ( or even early ), who want to create a storm and prove that they have arrived.

And before I close, the above subjective opinion is entirely MINE and could be wrong in all respects?

Raghu