Full Federal Court confirms that grace period is available for divisional patents
Submitted by Astrid Rivalland on 22 July 2009 - 12:56pm.
The full Federal Court in Mont Adventure Equipment Pty Ltd v Phoenix Leisure Group Pty Ltd [2009] FCAFC 84 has held that a divisional patent application can rely on the filing date of its parent application and therefore claim the benefit of the 12 month grace period. Read our full alert here.
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