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Article: Understanding the Benefits Obtainable from "Related" United States Patent Applications

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Efficient use of related U.S. patent applications can contribute to maximizing patent protection for an invention or a group of related inventions. Related applications may start with a single U.S. provisional application or a single U.S. traditional application which produces two or more patents as a result of the filing-related applications. Such related applications may be designated as traditional applications, divisional applications, continuation applications, or continuation-in-part applications.

Among the requirements of all types of related applications is the need to file the later-filed related application during the pendency of the prior application to which it is related. Once ...

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