Archive for December 2015
What Is A Provisional Application’s Prior Art Date?
By Stephen B. SchottProvisional applications have a filing date and a publication date. How do you decide which date to use as prior art when using a provisional to invalidate or challenge a patent claim? Enter the Federal Circuit’s recent Dynamic Drinkware v. National Graphics decision.Claiming Priority to a Provisional Patent ApplicationThe law that governs a priority claim to…
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