In order to complete filing online utility patent application, what do I need?
Is “first-to-file” the policy of the USPTO and is it aligned with International norms? The U.S. is one of the few nations that decide inventorship on a first-to-invent basis versus first inventor-to-file. What is the difference between first to file and first to invent? With first to file, priority is given to the application/invention with the earliest filing date. This is common in many international patent offices. However, the USPTO currently gives priority to the first to invent, where evidence supporting conception of the claimed invention prior to the filing date of the application may be considered to determine the first inventor of the invention. We want to apply for a patent in Australia as well in US. Do we have to link the 2 applications in some way? If you have a foreign application you can claim priority to that foreign application in the U.S. provided that the foreign application was not filed more than one year before the U.S. filing date and all the requirements of 35
