(ii) Application under examination has the same patent term filing date If both the application under examination and the reference application have the same patent term filing date, the provisional nonstatutory double patenting rejection made in each application should be maintained until it is ...
2. Terminal Disclaimers: Remember, these are for shortening the life of a claim to that of a pre-existing patent. They are useful in avoiding some double-patenting rejections (like ajudicial double patenting rejection). It must expressly disclaim the terminal part of the patent’s term. IT ...
If both the application under examination and the reference application have the same patent term filing date, the provisional nonstatutory double patenting rejection made in each application should be maintained until it is overcome. Provisional nonstatutory double patenting rejections are subject to the ...
If filed on or after Nov 29,2000, the claim for benefit must be made within later of 4 months from filing date of the application or 16 months from parent filing date Continuation-In-Part(CIP) – CIP adds new matter; other requirements are the same as for a continuation.The effective f...
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