Getting a Filing Date

Patent Rule 93

ly updated October, 1996

For patent applications filed on or after October 1, 1996, in order to obtain a filing date for a patent application (other than a PCT application), the Patent Office must receive:

- an indication that the grant of a Canadian patent is sought.

- the name of the Applicant.

- the address of the Applicant or the Applicant's patent agent

- a document describing the invention, and

- the application fee ($150 for a small entity; $300 for a large entity).

Note that claims are no longer required, nor a petition.

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