Common use of Claim of Priority Clause in Contracts

Claim of Priority. ‌ (1) Any person wishing to avail himself of the priority of an earlier application shall be required to attach to his application for a patent or to send to the Organization at the latest six months following the filing date of his application (a) a written declaration stating the date and number of the earlier application, the country in which it was filed and the name of the applicant; (b) a certified true copy of the said earlier application; (c) if he is not the person who filed the earlier application, a written authorization from the applicant or his successors in title authorizing him to avail himself of the priority in question. (2) The applicant who, in respect of a single application, seeks to avail himself of two or more rights of priority shall comply with the provisions mentioned above for each of them; he shall also pay a fee for each priority right claimed and shall produce evidence of payment of the fee within the six-month period mentioned in paragraph (1) above. (3) Failure to present any one of the documents mentioned above within the time limit shall automatically entail, for the application under consideration, loss of the benefit of the priority right claimed. (4) Any document that reaches the Organization more than six months after the filing of the patent application shall be declared inadmissible.

Appears in 6 contracts

Samples: Revising Agreement, Agreement Revising the Bangui Agreement, Agreement Revising the Bangui Agreement on the Creation of an African Intellectual Property Organization

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Claim of Priority. ‌ (1) Any person wishing to avail himself of the priority of an earlier application shall be required to attach to his application for a patent registration or to send to the Organization at the latest six months following the filing date of his application (a) a written declaration stating the date and number of the earlier application, the country in which it was filed and the name of the applicant; (b) a certified true copy of the said earlier application; (c) if he is not the person who filed the earlier application, a written authorization from the applicant or his successors in title authorizing him to avail himself of the priority in question. (2) The applicant who, in respect of a single application, seeks to avail himself of two or more rights of priority shall comply with the provisions mentioned above for each of them; he shall also pay a fee for each priority right claimed and shall produce evidence of payment of the fee within the six-month period mentioned in paragraph (1) above. (3) Failure to present any one of the documents mentioned above within the time limit shall automatically entail, for the application under consideration, loss of the benefit of the priority right claimed. (4) Any document that reaches the Organization more than six months after the filing of the patent application for registration shall be declared inadmissible.

Appears in 6 contracts

Samples: Revising Agreement, Agreement Revising the Bangui Agreement, Agreement Revising the Bangui Agreement on the Creation of an African Intellectual Property Organization

Claim of Priority. (1) Any person wishing to avail himself of the priority of an earlier application shall be required to attach to his application for a patent registration or to send to the Organization at the latest six months following the filing date of his application (a) a written declaration stating the date and number of the earlier application, the country in which it was filed and the name of the applicant; (b) a certified true copy of the said earlier application; (c) if he is not the person who filed the earlier application, a written authorization from the applicant or his successors in title authorizing him to avail himself of the priority in question. (2) The applicant who, in respect of a single application, seeks to avail himself of two or more rights of priority shall comply with the provisions mentioned above for each of them; he shall also pay a fee for each priority right claimed and shall produce evidence of payment of the fee within the six-month period mentioned in paragraph (1) above. (3) Failure to present any one of the documents mentioned above within the time limit shall automatically entail, for the application under consideration, loss of the benefit of the priority right claimed. (4) Any document that reaches the Organization more than six months after the filing of the patent application for registration shall be declared inadmissible.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Bangui Agreement, Agreement Revising the Bangui Agreement

Claim of Priority. (1) Any person wishing to avail himself of the priority of an earlier application shall be required to attach to his application for a patent or to send to the Organization at the latest six months following the filing date of his application (a) a written declaration stating the date and number of the earlier application, the country in which it was filed and the name of the applicant; (b) a certified true copy of the said earlier application; (c) if he is not the person who filed the earlier application, a written authorization from the applicant or his successors in title authorizing him to avail himself of the priority in question. (2) The applicant who, in respect of a single application, seeks to avail himself of two or more rights of priority shall comply with the provisions mentioned above for each of them; he shall also pay a fee for each priority right claimed and shall produce evidence of payment of the fee within the six-month period mentioned in paragraph (1) above. (3) Failure to present any one of the documents mentioned above within the time limit shall automatically entail, for the application under consideration, loss of the benefit of the priority right claimed. (4) Any document that reaches the Organization more than six months after the filing of the patent application shall be declared inadmissible.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Bangui Agreement, Agreement Revising the Bangui Agreement

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Claim of Priority. (1) Any person wishing to avail himself of the priority of an earlier application shall be required to attach to his application for a patent registration, or to send submit to the Organization at the latest no later than six months following the filing date of his application, the following: (a) a written declaration stating the date and number of the earlier application, the country in which it was filed and the name of the applicant; (b) a certified true copy of the said earlier application;; and (c) if he is not the person who filed the earlier application, a written authorization from the applicant or his successors in title authorizing him to avail himself of the priority in question. (2) The applicant who, in respect of a single application, seeks to avail himself of two or more rights of priority shall comply with the provisions mentioned above for each of them; he shall also pay a fee for each right of priority right claimed and shall produce evidence submit proof of payment of the fee within the same six-month period mentioned in paragraph (1) above. (3) Failure to present any one of the documents mentioned above within the time limit shall automatically entail, for the application under consideration, entail loss of the benefit of the right of priority right claimedclaimed for the application under consideration. (4) Any document that reaches the Organization more than six months after the filing of the patent application for registration shall be declared inadmissible.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Bangui Agreement

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