Speaking of "priority right", patent applicants must
be very familiar with this term. Every applicant would concern
whether they could enjoy the right of priority, and every patent
agency would remind their clients to be mindful about whether there
is any priority they should claim before filing a new patent
application.
Do you truly understand the concept of "priority
right"? Here we will have a detailed introduction to priority
right, in hope that you will have better understanding on this
important system.
Origin of the patent-priority system
The patent-priority system was first established in the
Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
of 1883, aiming to help an applicant file a subsequent application
in another contracting state after filing a first application in
his own state. More specifically, the priority right means that
after an applicant first files a patent application in one
contracting state, he could, within a limited period,
