In the UK, a patent application must be in order for grant by the end of a “compliance period” and, if it is not, the application is deemed refused.

Under the Singapore Patents Act, a divisional application must be filed before grant conditions are met for the parent application. In any event, the divisional application must be filed before the ...

Over the last few years, the courts have made it clear that obviousness-type double patenting applies in Canada and that divisional applications are vulnerable to such an attack. While there is no ...