Practice question
Independent inventor A validly files for the same invention abroad on January15 2025 in a country affording the required reciprocal privileges. A files locally on January10 2026, expressly claims priority and satisfies all Section31 documentary requirements. B independently files locally on June1 2025 with no earlier priority. Other entitlement issues are absent. Which date controls A’s position under Sections29 and31?
- January15 2025, the valid claimed foreign-priority date
- January10 2026 only, because foreign priority is never recognized
- June1 2025, because B’s local date must become A’s date
- The date the first product is sold
- A’s date chosen solely by the patent examiner without reference to law
Legal references
- RA8293 IP Code: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1997/ra_8293_1997.html Sections29,31 and104–107.
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