Secret Prior Art: Defining the Power of a U.S. Provisional Applications Filing Date, Michael Campbell, Esq.
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September 28, 2010
Recently, In re Giacomini, a Federal Circuit decision, confirmed that a U.S. provisional applications filing date will be used as the earliest date of priority for purposes of 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) of the Patent Act.