Questions tagged [priority-date]
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If a non-provisional application claims multiple provisional applications, will there be multiple priority dates?
For example:
Provisional A is filed on January 1, 2024 (with content X).
Provisional B is filed on June 1, 2024 (adding content Y).
When you file the non-provisional application that claims both ...
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Invalidate a Patent
I have to invalidate the EP patent having Mar 2014 as priority date, whether the search should focus on filing date or published date of prior arts? and Can we consider a patent as prior art having ...
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Claims/Priority Dates
Will method claims receive the same priority date if they are filed after product claims are filed first, or can there be a combination of both in one patent application?
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Double Priorty Claim
My question about using priorty of provisional and non-provisional patent application as priorty document for EP application.
Let's say provisional application date is 10.10.2020 and non-provisional ...
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Is it possible to file for patents in Australia within 1 year of US patent publication?
Like the US, Australia has a 1 year period after public disclosure during which we can still obtain a patent.
I have filed in the US, and the patent was published at the 18 month mark. There were no ...
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Why this patent has more than 20 years between priorty and adjusted expiration date?
I am asking for this patent. It should be 2023, right ? Or am I missing something ?
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Can a PCT application be filed on a granted USPTO patent with a priority date that is less than a year ago?
Can a PCT application be filed on a granted USPTO patent with a priority date that is less than a year ago? And if so, do national stage patents that issue from the PCT application get the same ...
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DE19817372C1 date order incorrect in Google Patents?
Per Google Patents, the order of dates for patent DE19817372C1 appears incorrect.
Per the site, the patent expired on April 18th 1998 (Fee Related), but lists a grant date of Oct 7th, 1999.
Looking ...
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Edited Claims- what date priority?
On an old Non-provisional, if the patent owner keeps revising claims based on alternative embodiments and gets them granted,
What priority date do the new granted claims have? Old priority date or ...
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Does filing a duplicate provisional within the 12 months of filing the original negate my original filing date?
I filed a provisional patent app about a year ago. Seven months later I refiled the exact same provisional. Does the second filing delete or get rid of my original filing date? Do I now only have ...
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What happens to the priority dates if a provisional application has more than one invention?
I know this question has been previously raised under the heading: "Can I describe two different ideas inside a provisional patent application" however what concerns me is the priority dates of the ...
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In Google Patents, how can a priority date be more than one year before a non-provisional patent application filing date? [duplicate]
In Google Patents, how can a priority date be more than one year before a non-provisional patent application filing date? My understanding was that you have to file a non-provisional patent ...
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priority dates and disclosure [duplicate]
(Apologies if my terminology is inexact, I hope people can get the drift of my question regardless of the detail).
Assume there are 2 parties, say A and B, unknown to each other.
A files a provisional ...
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When exactly do you lose the provisionals priority?
After reading some previous questions about provisionals, especially from inventors wanting to write them themselfs and consult an attorney only for the non provisional, I was wondering, how much do ...
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What does it mean to 'recapture' information from a PCT application?
We have filed a US patent application for use of our tech in/on/attached to a laptop. However, we now want to adapt this filing to claim the use of this technology built-into a laptop. A subtle change,...
