F16: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon -> Intro date 1978
F18: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet -> Intro date 1983
F35: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II -> Intro date: TBD (sometime 2016-2018)
Rafale: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafale -> Intro date: 2000

Now, can you explain to me how the Rafale becomes "older technology"?
Older than any airplane not yet in service alright, but the other contenders do not qualify as newer technology either.

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The simplest is still to file for a patent, get it published, and then just not support it. It will be in the database, obviously visible to the examinators.