Date Of Filing

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Key Facts

Abbreviation
DOF
Pronunciation
/deɪt əv ˈfaɪlɪŋ/
Category
Governmental
Related Field
US Government

Examples in Context

  1. The date of filing the application for reconsideration.
  2. The patent dates from the date of filing the complete specification.
  3. Article 42. The duration of patent right for inventions shall be twenty years, the duration of patent right for utility models and patent right for designs shall be ten years, counted from the date of filing.
  4. Inventiveness means that, as compared with the technology existing before the date of filing, the invention has prominent substantive features and represents a notable progress and that the utility model has substantive features and represents progress.
  5. Have you ever before filed a petition for this or any other alien? If yea, give name, place and date of filing and result.

Other meanings of DOF