Patent Application 11
Patent Application 11 : Types of Applications: (4) Divisional Applications: For more details on this topic, see Divisional patent application. A divisional application is one which has been "divided" from an existing application. A divisional application can only contain subject matter in the application from which it is divided (its parent), but retains the filing and priority date of that parent. A divisional application is useful if a unity of invention objection is issued, in which case the second (and third, fourth, etc). inventions can be protected in divisional applications