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Does filing a patent protect you abroad?

First of all your application will normally only publish 18 months after your filing (or, if applicable, your priority date). As Dr. … Falken already has mentioned, you are only entitled to file abroad and claim priority if you file within one year from your original filing date (=priority date). …
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Are there any advantages to making your first filing in one country vs. another?

Also the costs of filing can play a role, although you will experience that the filing fees that are required often are just a small part of the total cost of drafting and filing an application. … Such a search and patentability opinion can be obtained by filing with the European Patent Office, or by filing in the UK, The Netherlands or PCT (in alle these cases it is possible to file the patent …
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Is patent EP2382885 awarded or pending?

The answer can be derived from the register of European patents. It tells you that examination was requested in March, and that in May the applicant filed amended claims (and thus the application is s …
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Should I file a provisional application?

After March 2013, when the last phase of the AIA will enter into force, there will - for reasons of vesting a date of invention - not be a difference between filing a US provisional application and filing … If you file in other jurisdictions you have several options: 1) not paying fees, which in many cases will still give you a filing date and filing number of your application and which thus allows you to …
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