RE: Re: International Patent17 Feb 2022 15:59
Patent applications can take years, especially if any of the unique aspects of it are challenged. Typically, by submitting your application, you are granted patent pending which grants the applicant some rights and protection (otherwise you would have people monitoring every application, to then piggy back and submit a patent of the same). Once the patent is granted in the initial territory, the applicant can then extend it to other territories). I would therefore not expect this to be a reason to holdup news or the business moving forward.