Prioritätsabschrift
Prioritätsabschrift refers to a certified copy of a patent application that is filed in a foreign country within a specified time period after the initial filing in another country. This allows the applicant to claim the filing date of the original application as the priority date for the foreign application. This is a crucial aspect of international patent law, enabling inventors to protect their inventions in multiple jurisdictions without having to file entirely new applications from scratch for each country.
The priority period is typically twelve months from the date of the first filing. During this time,
The process of obtaining a Prioritätsabschrift involves requesting it from the patent office where the initial