How do you petition for a retroactive foreign filing license?
A petition for a retroactive foreign filing license may be filed under 37 CFR 5.25 if an unlicensed foreign filing occurred through error. The petition must include: 1) A listing of each foreign country where the unlicensed patent application was filed2) The filing dates in each country3) A verified statement containing:– An averment that the…
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If you’ve inadvertently filed a foreign patent application without obtaining a foreign filing license, you can apply for a retroactive license. According to MPEP 140: ‘Petitions for a retroactive license under 35 U.S.C. 184 are decided by the Office of Petitions. The petition must be in the form of a verified statement and should include…
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