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Q: WHEN FILING A PRIORITY APPLICATION IN ONE COUNTRY, CAN SUBSEQUENT FILINGS IN OTHER COUNTRIES (WHILE CLAIMING PRIORITY DATE OF FIRST FILING) BE ANY DIFFERENT FROM FIRST FILING AT ALL? I FILED IN US FIRST FOR AN INVENTION. LATER I FOUND A TINY IMPROVEMENT. CAN I ADD THAT IMPROVEMENT AND FILE IN JAPAN WHILE CLAIMING PRIORITY DATE FOR US FILING? posted Wednesday 25 of May 2011 by Christopher A. Yes, you can, so long as you file the other applications within one year of your earliest claimed priority date. In fact, you can... view tags: priority application, priority date, improvement, japan

Q: WHAT IS AN "IMPROVEMENT PATENT"? posted Tuesday 7 of June 2011 by Joanna A. It is a patent for which there is relevant cited prior art, but which represents a patentable improvement over this prior art. Mo... view tags: improvement, patent

Q: WHAT SHOULD I DO IF I MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO MY INVENTION AFTER FILING MY PROVISIONAL PATENT APPLICATION SINCE I CANNOT AMEND THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION? posted Thursday 10 of January 2013 by Joseph A. You may file a second application claiming priority to the original application if you file the second application within one year... view tags: improvements, invention, filing, provisional, patent, application

Q: IF I APPLY FOR A US PATENT DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO ALSO APPLY FOR A GERMAN (OR ANY OTHER COUNTRY) PATENT WITHIN THE FIRST 12 MONTHS (BEFORE PUBLISHING)? IF THE US PATENT IS DENIED COULD THE GERMAN PATENT STILL BE AWARDED? COULD I USE THIS TO PROTECT SOME IMPROVEMENTS (I KNOW THEY WOULDN'T BE PROTECTED IN THE US). posted Tuesday 14 of July 2015 by Markus A. Yes, it can make sense if the German market is important to you. Yes, the laws are different and the rules of examination also di... view tags: german, patent, protect

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