What is the standard term for a utility patent?
The standard term for a utility patent is 20 years from the filing date of the earliest application to which the patent claims priority. This is known as the “twenty-year term.” As stated in the MPEP, For applications filed on or after June 8, 1995, Section 532(a)(1) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (Public Law 103-465, 108 Stat. 4809 (1994)) amended 35 U.S.C. 154 to provide that the term of a patent (other than a design patent) begins on the date the patent issues and ends on the date that is twenty years from the date on which the application for the patent was filed in the United States
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