What are the dates to which prior art must adhere, in examination of claims in a continuation-in-part (CIP) nonprovisional patent application? Each claim in a CIP, whether independent or dependent, ...
On October 1, 2018, the Federal Circuit issued an opinion, Natural Alternatives International, Inc. v. Iancu, concerning priority claims in familial patent applications. The ‘381 patent issued from ...
“Once the CIP application adopts the later filing date, the CIP application and its children become vulnerable to rejections based on a larger pool of prior art — including former parent applications ...
Under section 30 of the Singapore Patents Act, an application may proceed to grant based on the grant of or final results of the search and examination of a corresponding application. As defined in ...