Discover how a Provisional Patent Application protects your invention with the "patent pending" label and learn about its ...

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“Many patent practitioners are not fully aware of the implications of subsequent applications, either for prosecution or for litigation.” Patent practitioners (hopefully) know that there are many ...

In Part I of this five-part series, the authors reviewed the law behind subsequent patent applications. In Part II, we reviewed the different types of subsequent applications. In Parts III and IV we ...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is the federal agency for granting U.S. patents and registering trademarks. Pictured June 30, 2018, in Arlington, Virginia. Photo: Mark Van Scyoc/Shutterstock.

Three different types of patent applications can be filed in Australia: a provisional application, a standard application, and an innovation application. A reasonably uncommon patent of addition is ...