Continuation-in-part

US5198341 22 A process for reducing sulfur content (B.sphaericus strain ATCC No. 53969) wc Continuation in part of [59] [60]... 

Remarks The US-PTO only allowed the strain related claims Membrane associated enzymes. The US-PTO only allowed the biocatalyst related claims. Continuation in part of US5104801 [51], US5198341 [60], US5002888 [59]. Divisional (Continuation of US5132219 [52]) The process is carried out in emulsified form Continuation in part of US5132219 [52] The process is carried out in emulsified form... 

Christianson R, Noble M, Rourke A, Geiger E, Mahlum L (2005) US Patent Application, continuation-in-part of US Patent Application 287,058... 

CA 73, 7 )084u(1970) (Continuation-in-part of USP 3442729 CA 71, 14740u) [Aqueous slurry-type Blasting Explosives contg a den-sified NC sensitizer, which is more sensitive... 

With these props we were able to explain molecular sieve adsorption, relate it to the crystal structures of A and X, and relate those to the x-ray patterns. The examiners understood, and after they removed the use claims for separate continuation-in-part filing, they issued the patents on April 14, 1959 [9,11]. 

The court opinions bring out the reasons for two continuations-in-part. If possible, the patentees wished to establish and claim a new method of welding, rather than having to rely upon claims to the fluxing compounds, knowing full well the difficulty of covering all such compounds that would be likely to work. 

Until a US patent is issued, a "Continuation-in-Part"(CIP) may be filed by the applicant. The same or a similar invention is refiled with new information which may enable the inventor to change or extend the patent claims and to better define the subject matter and its use. If the CIP is based on the same invention and not on later art than the original application, the priority date of the first application may be maintained. To retain the priority is, in fact, the intention of most CIP applications. New patent claims which are based upon information added in the CIP ("new matter") will get a separate, later priority. 

This "Rule 131" only applies to inventions made and reduced to practise in the USA. Applicants from abroad have a clear disadvantage because they can only claim the official priority date in cases of conflicts in the USA. This, along with the long time lag until a US patent is finally published, urges applicants from abroad to file patent applications in the USA as early as possible, probably exploiting the possibilities of a Continuation-in-Part later on. 

Huaxue Xuebao [Huaxue Xuebao] (Journal of Chemistry) (1953- suspended 1966-1975). In Chinese. Continues, in part. Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society (Peking) [J. Chin. Chem. Soc. (Peking)] (1933-1952 suspended 1937-1939). Has been called Acta Chimica Sinica (Chinese Edition) [Acta Chim. Sin. (Chin. Ed.)]. Until 1981, Chemical Abstracts named Huaxue Xuebao as Hua Hsueh Hsueh Pao. Publisher China International Book Trading Corp., Beijing. 

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