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Q: WHAT IS A PRIORITY DATE OF A PATENT OF ADDITION? posted Monday 1 of July 2013 by Alice A. Patents of addition are peculiar to Australia and India for example. Seek the advice of an attorney based in one of these countrie... view tags: priority, date, patent, addition

Q: I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD PLEASE ADVICE ON THE FOLLOWING: 1. COULD YOU PLEASE PROVIDE AN APPROXIMATE COST OF SUBMITTING A FULL PATENT APPLICATION IN THE US (PROVISIONAL ALREADY SUBMITTED) AND THE COST FOR GOING INTO INTERNATIONAL PHASE, SPECIFYING THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES NETHERLANDS, GERMANY, UK, FRANCE, JAPAN, AND NEW ZEALAND. 2. IF WE DECIDE AT A LATER DATE TO NOT CONTINUE IN A SPECIFIC COUNTRY, IS IT POSSIBLE TO CANCEL THE SPECIFIC COUNTRY PATENT APPLICATION PRIOR TO INCURRING THE EXAMINATION FEES? 3. IF WE SUBMIT THE FULL PATENT IN AUSTRALIA AND USE THE US PROVISIONAL PRIORITY DATE AND WE DO NOT GO AHEAD AND SUBMIT THE FULL PATENT IN THE US, WILL THIS HAVE ANY EFFECT ON THE FULL PATENT APPLICATION IN AUSTRALIA? 4. IF WE DO NOT SUBMIT THE FULL PATENT APPLICATION IN THE US WITHIN THE 12 MONTH ANNIVERSARY DATE CAN WE SUBMIT THE APPLICATION AT A LATER DATE, IN THE US AS WELL AS THE SPECIFIC EU COUNTRIES? IS IT THAT WE JUST LOSE THE PRIORITY DATE? posted Tuesday 10 of September 2013 by jeanette A. Here are my initial responses in ALL CAPS, in the body of your text: 1. Could you please provide an approximate cost of submitt... view tags: patent, application, us, quote, cost, estimate, netherlands, germany, uk, france, japan, new zealand

Q: I HAVE A PATENT PENDING IN CANADA AS OF AUGUST 2013. IF I SELL THE PRODUCT (RELATING TO THE PATENT PENDING) IN CANADA OR THE USA, CAN I STILL GET A PATENT IN THE USA? IF SO, COULD I STILL GET ONE UNDER THE PCT (IF I APPLY WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE ORIGINAL PATENT FILING DATE)? posted Saturday 23 of November 2013 by Freddy A. Yes, provided to take the necessary steps no later than the one year anniversary of the filing of your first patent application fo... view tags: patent pending, canada, usa, pct, filing date

Q: I HAVE A PATENT PENDING IN CANADA. IF SOMEBODY ELSE FILES A PATENT IN THE USA WITHIN A YEAR FROM MY FILING DATE, THEN I FILE THROUGH PCT AFTERWARDS (BUT WITHIN THE YEAR FROM ORIGINAL CANADIAN FILING), TO WHOM WILL THE PATENT BE AWARDED? posted Wednesday 19 of February 2014 by Freddy A. That is a good question and dependent on a review of the facts of the particular situation. Unfortunately, it's a question impossi... view tags: patent, pending, canada, filing date, pct

Q: DEAR DR. PATENTSTEIN, I HAVE A USA PATENT APPLICATION WHICH GOT FINAL REJECTION.I FILED AFCP 2.0 AND GOT ADVISORY ACTION WHICH SAID THAT AFTER FINAL AMENDMENT WILL NOT BE TREATED UNDER AFCP 2.0 DUE TO NEW ISSUES, AND THE PERIOD FOR REPLY EXPIRES ON THE MAILING DATE OF THE ADVISORY ACTION. WHAT CHOICE I HAVE NOW? OR THE APPLICATION IS ALREADY ABANDONED? CAN I STILL FILE NOTICE OF APPEAL? THANKS JERRY posted Friday 20 of March 2015 by jerry A. First, you question needs to be corrected. The phrase "and the period for reply expires on the mailing date of the advisory acti... view tags: usa, patent, application, final, rejection, afcp, amendment

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