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2. Provisional application - Wikipedia

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   A provisional application, as such, is never examined by the USPTO, and therefore will never become a patent on its own (unless the provisional patent application is later converted into a non-provisional patent application by the applicant, and then the application is examined as a non-provisional application). The provisional application is ...

3. Patent application - Wikipedia

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   A patent application is a request pending at a patent office for the grant of a patent for an invention described in the patent specification [notes 1] and a set of one or more claims stated in a formal document, including necessary official forms and related correspondence. It is the combination of the document and its processing within the ...

4. Glossary of patent law terms - Wikipedia

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   The term arose in 1995 to distinguish what were at the time "normal" patent applications from the newly established provisional applications. A complete non-provisional application differs from a provisional in that a non-provisional must contain at least one claim and is to be examined.

5. United States patent law - Wikipedia

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   However, patent term adjustment or extension are possible if the USPTO fails to issue a patent within 3 years after filing the full application, subject to various conditions on the applicant. [ 29 ] [ circular reference ] The rules for drafting and filing a patent application are set out in the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP).

6. South African patent system - Wikipedia

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   An individual can privately file a provisional patent application. However, only a patent attorney can file a non-provisional patent application and assist in drafting the patent specification; see Patent attorney: South Africa. It is essential that the content of the patent specification - referring to the definition and description of the ...

7. Grant procedure before the European Patent Office - Wikipedia

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   The procedure starts with the filing of an application [1] and ends with the grant of a European patent [6] or the refusal of the patent application [7] by the EPO, or the withdrawal of the application by the applicant, or its deemed withdrawal. [notes 1] The prosecution of European patent applications until grant typically takes several years ...

8. Term of patent in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Under United States patent law, the term of patent, provided that maintenance fees are paid on time, is 20 years from the filing date of the earliest U.S. or international application (that is to say, an application under the PCT system) to which priority is claimed (excluding provisional applications). [1] [2] [3]

9. Divisional patent application - Wikipedia

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   Divisional applications are generally used in cases where the parent application may lack unity of invention; that is, the parent application describes more than one invention and the applicant is required to split the parent into one or more divisional applications each claiming only a single invention.