In the UK, a patent application must be in order for grant by the end of a “compliance period” and, if it is not, the application is deemed refused.

must be filed directly with the European Patent Office at Munich or its branch at The Hague. It may be filed only in respect of subject-matter which does not extend beyond the content of the earlier ...

Over the last few years, the courts have made it clear that obviousness-type double patenting applies in Canada and that divisional applications are vulnerable to such an attack. While there is no ...