priority of an application

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• priority date — Generally the first person to apply for a patent for an invention will own the patent and this position applies in most countries. However the effect of international patent conventions is that the first application is termed the priority date… …   Law dictionary

• Priority date — is a United States immigration concept. A common path to the green card in the United States is to obtain it through a family based or employment based petition, a very complex process that can take many years to complete. When a foreign worker,… …   Wikipedia

• Priority — may refer to: Priority date, a concept of establishing waiting times in the immigration process by United States Department of State Priority level, the priority of emergency communications Priority Records, a record label started in 1985 and… …   Wikipedia

• Priority (botany) — Priority is a fundamental principal of modern botanical nomenclature. Essentially, it is the principle of recognising the first valid application of a name to a plant. There are two aspects to this: # The first valid name given to a plant shall… …   Wikipedia

• Priority — Pri*or i*ty, n. [Cf. F. priorit[ e]. See {Prior}, a.] 1. The quality or state of being prior or antecedent in time, or of preceding something else; as, priority of application. [1913 Webster] 2. Precedence; superior rank. Shak. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Priority of debts — Priority Pri*or i*ty, n. [Cf. F. priorit[ e]. See {Prior}, a.] 1. The quality or state of being prior or antecedent in time, or of preceding something else; as, priority of application. [1913 Webster] 2. Precedence; superior rank. Shak. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Priority right — In patent, industrial design rights and trademark laws, a priority right or right of priority is a time limited right, triggered by the first filing of an application for a patent, an industrial design or a trademark respectively. The priority… …   Wikipedia

• priority — 1. adjective /ˈpɹaɪɒɹɪti/ a) Prior or antecedent in time, or preceding something else; as, priority application. b) Having precedence; of superior rank. 2. noun /ˈpɹaɪɒɹɪti/ …   Wiktionary

• Continuing patent application — Under United States patent law, a continuing patent application is a patent application which follows, and claims priority to, an earlier filed patent application. A continuing patent application may be one of three types: a continuation,… …   Wikipedia

• Provisional application — Under United States patent law, a provisional application for patent is a type of national application for patent filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), but which does not mature into an issued patent unless further steps …   Wikipedia

• Patent application — A patent application is a request pending at a patent office for the grant of a patent for the invention described and claimed by that application. An application consists of a description of the invention (the patent specification ), together… …   Wikipedia