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Post Dating of Patent Application – India

In India a provisional patent application is filed to gain the earliest filing date (priority date) for the invention. Reserving the earliest filing date is important in terms of patent grant process.

Post dating of Application

In general, post-dating refers to the shift in the Priority date of an application to a later date. General perception was that the provision of post dating is provided to extend the 12 months time to submit the complete specification after the provisional application.

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