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The first inventor to file (FITF) rule in patents means that between two inventors, the Patent Office will grant a patent to the one who first filed a patent application regardless of when they conceived the invention.

First to file encourages inventors to get a patent as soon as possible, rather than trying to coast without a patent for a while. If they coast and then only file once they smell competition, they can potentially extend the time they are protected by the patent/enjoy exclusivity in the market.

The applicant may correct or add a priority claim by a notice submitted to the Receiving Office or the International Bureau (IB) within 16 months from the priority date, or where the priority date is changed, within 16 months from the priority date so changed, whichever period expires first, provided that a notice ...

Some of the main forms patent applicants will have to submit include: Provisional Application for Patent Cover Sheet. Declaration for Utility of Design Application Using an Application Data Sheet. Information Disclosure Statement by Applicant. Certification of Micro Entity Status.

37 CFR 1.55 (relating to foreign priority claims) and 37 CFR 1.78 (relating to domestic benefit claims) require applicant to inform the Office via a statement if the transition application contains or ever contained a claim that was not supported by the earlier filed domestic benefit or foreign priority application ...

Amendments in provisional applications are not normally made. If an amendment is made to a provisional application, however, it must comply with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.121. Any amendments to a provisional application will be placed in the provisional application file, but may not be entered.

Consequently, the filing of a provisional application delays the patent examination process. Provisional applications may not support the broadest claims for an invention. As a result, later-filed claims in the utility application may not be entitled to the priority date of the original.

Claiming domestic benefit in a patent application allows an applicant to rely on the filing date of an earlier-filed US application. The MPEP 216 outlines the requirements for claiming domestic benefit, which are based on 35 U.S.C. 120.

US national stage The US has a 30-month national stage deadline. Unlike other patent offices, the USPTO requires each patent applicant to disclose known prior art. This is an ongoing duty throughout the application process that ends when the US patent is granted.