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2. Patent pending - Wikipedia

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   Hardware marked "Patented" and "Pat. Pending" Printed circuit board by Logitech with inscription "Patents pending" "Patent pending" (sometimes abbreviated by "pat. pend." or "pat. pending") or "patent applied for" are legal designations or expressions that can be used in relation to a product or process once a patent application for the product or process has been filed, but prior to the ...

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. Continuing patent application - Wikipedia

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   For patents filed on or after June 8, 1995, under the TRIPS agreement, continuation patents expire 20 years from the date of filing of the parent patent application, regardless of when the patent is granted. Thus, Lemelson's "submarine patents" strategy of taking steps that would delay the patent grant date will no longer extend the patent ...

5. Patent - Wikipedia

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   After filing, an application is often referred to as "patent pending". While this term does not confer legal protection, and a patent cannot be enforced until granted, it serves to provide warning to potential infringers that if the patent is issued, they may be liable for damages.

6. Divisional patent application - Wikipedia

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   In most countries, the filing of divisional applications is possible at least as long as the parent patent applications are pending. Since 2013, the European Patent Office rules are again in line with the current practice before the patent offices in the U.S., Germany, and Japan. [3]

7. Term of patent in the United States - Wikipedia

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   In filing the terminal disclaimer, the later filed patent and the earlier filed patent must be, and remain, commonly owned. In the case of co-pending applications, either or both of the applications may have claims rejected for obviousness-type double patenting, and a terminal disclaimer may be required in either or both, in which case the ...