To check the US patent priority information, more simply and more conveniently

 

  The ‘Priority’ of the US patents refers to the fact that if an identical invention is filed in a second country within one year of filing in the first country and the fact of filing in the first country is stated with a number and date, the filing date of the second country application is retroactively applied to the first country.

  In fact, there is no separate detailed provision for Continuation-In-Part (CIP) filing in the US patent law. The US CIP is a system that allows inventors to include additional elements in their inventions during the patent application process. The biggest advantage of this system is that it allows patents to be obtained for new content or improvements that were not included in the original early application. In addition, since the CIP application can maintain the original application’s filing date (priority date), it can prevent new parts of the invention from being rejected due to prior art. In this way, when the development process of an invention is continuous or subsequent development is expected, a CIP application can be a very useful strategy, so checking the relevant information can be said to be a very important process for review.

  The United States operates a unique RA (Related Application) system under patent law and a common priority system for all countries. Considering this point, WIPS Global has recently improved the RA system by integrating it into the priority range, reflecting the characteristics of countries that operate the RA system or have RA data. We will show you some screenshots showing the improvements.

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. Priority: US, AU, PCT

. Priority application: All countries

. RA types by country

- US: Provisional, divisional, continuation, continuation in part, reissue

- AU: Provisional, divisional, additional

- PCT: Continuation, continuation in part

 

wipsglobal.com > Field Search 

  A number of new search fields for Priority have been added only for countries where priority is integrated.

wipsglobal.com > Field Search

  If you set a field for priority, you can search by selecting by priority type.

wipsglobal.com > View Details

  You can check the application process at a glance in the View Details> Application History, and the priority application information is immediately confirmed.

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 The history of the RA information reviewed in the View Details can be checked in a list and chart by analyzing the continued application information.

 In the RA Visual analysis, you can see the application relationship with arrows. You can select the items - application number, applicant, patent number, date, invention title - and save them as images.

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(left) Report, (right) Family Timeline

 In addition to the View Details, the improved priority information can also be checked in various linked features such as Easy Viewer, Report, Family Timeline, Invalidation Advisor, and Download.

 We have looked at the improvements to the US patent priority information provided by WIPS Global. We hope that you will utilize the priority information for your practice.