filing of an application

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• filing date — Obtaining a patent under the Patents Act 1977 falls into three main stages. Firstly an application is filed with the Patent Office. This filing date commences the 20 year period of patent protection (see also priority date). After a twelve month… …   Law dictionary

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• filing date — The time as of which a claim or demand must be filed. The date of filing as endorsed upon an instrument or pleading by the officer who receives it. The filing date of an application for a patent is the date upon which the application was filed in …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Application Layer — The Application Layer is the seventh level of the seven layer OSI model, and the top layer of the TCP/IP model. It interfaces directly to and performs common application services for the application processes; it also issues requests to the… …   Wikipedia

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