A recent Federal Circuit decision demonstrates that for priority claims and patent term, the phrase “specific reference” is key. For example, amongst three related applications, to get the benefit of ...

“To avoid the outcome in IBSA Institut Biochimique… having a high-quality accurate English translation of the priority patent application may likely best serve the applicant.” Can a U.S. patent be ...

The Paris Convention allows an inventor to file an initial 'priority' patent application and then to file foreign patent applications on the basis of that 'priority' application up to 1 year later.

According to the German Patent Act, an applicant or his successor in title may file within 12 months from the filing date of an earlier patent or utility model application a later patent application ...

The treatment developed by Amgen could be the first therapeutic option approved for third-line treatment of advanced small cell lung cancer (SCLC). The FDA announced on December 13 that it had granted ...