Patent Application 22
Patent Application 22 : Application Preparation, Filing and Prosecution: (10) Issue or Grant: Once the patent application complies with the requirements of the relevant patent office, a patent will be granted further official fees, and in some regional patent systems, such as the European patent system, translations of the application into the official languages of the states in which protection is desired must be filed to validate the patent. The date of issue effectively terminates prosecution of a specific application, after which continuing applications cannot be filed, and establishes the date upon which infringement may be charged. Furthermore, an issue date for an application in the U. S. filed prior to 1995 also factors into the term of the patent, whereas the term of later filings is determined solely by the filing date
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