divisional patent
1Divisional patent application — A divisional patent application (sometimes referred to as a divisional application or simply a divisional) is a type of patent application which contains matter from a previously filed application (the so called parent application). Whilst a… …
2Divisional applications under the European Patent Convention — In the procedure before the European Patent Office (EPO), divisional applications can be filed under Article 76 EPC. Such a divisional application, sometimes called European divisional application, is a new patent application which is separate… …
3Patent application — A patent application is a request pending at a patent office for the grant of a patent for the invention described and claimed by that application. An application consists of a description of the invention (the patent specification ), together… …
4Continuing patent application — Under United States patent law, a continuing patent application is a patent application which follows, and claims priority to, an earlier filed patent application. A continuing patent application may be one of three types: a continuation,… …
5Glossary of patent legal concepts — Patent law (patents for inventions) …
6Amendments under the European Patent Convention — Article 123 of the European Patent Convention (EPC) EPC Article|123 ] relates to the amendments under the EPC, i.e. the amendments to a European patent application or patent. In particular, EPC Article|123|2 provides that a European patent… …
7Grant procedure before the European Patent Office — Graph of European patent applications filed and granted between 1998 and 2007. Note that the average time from filing to grant in 2007 was 43.7 months (3.6 years) The grant procedure before the European Patent Office (EPO) is an ex parte,… …
8Submarine patent — is an informal term for a patent first published and granted long after the initial application was filed. In analogy to a submarine, its presence is unknown to the public; it stays under water , i.e., unpublished, for long periods, then emerges …
9List of decisions and opinions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office — This is a list of decisions and opinions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) in chronological order of the dates when the decisions were issued. The list is incomplete. Contents 1 1980 – 1989 2 1990 – 1994 3 1995 – …
10European Patent Convention — European patent law …
