Company: APM
Filing Date: 2025-11-17
Form Type: F-1
Source: 0001213900-25-111548
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Company: Aptorum Group Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-11-17
Form: F-1
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 the products using or incorporating the protected inventions that are described in this proxy statement/prospectus and that are expected to contribute significant value to our business. The technologies protected by these patents may also for the basis for the development of other products. In addition to licensed intellectual property, our in-house science team has been actively developing our own proprietary intellectual property. Thus far, the only patents or non-provisional patent applications that have been filed in the Company’s own name for the Lead Projects, is for SACT-1; patents and applications for ALS-4 are licensed. We have, however, filed a number of provisional applications to establish earlier filing dates for certain of our other ongoing research, the specifics of which are currently proprietary and confidential. The U.S. patent system permits the filing of provisional and non-provisional patent applications (i.e., a regular patent application). A non-provisional patent application is examined by the USPTO, and can mature into a patent once the USPTO determines that the claimed invention meets the standards for patentability. On the other hand, a provisional patent application is not examined for patentability, and automatically expires 12 months after its filing date. As a result, a provisional patent application cannot mature into a patent. Provisional applications are often used, among other things, to establish an earlier filing date for a subsequent non-provisional patent application. The term of individual patents depends upon the legal term of the patents in the countries in which they are obtained. The effective filing date of a non-provisional patent application is used by the USPTO to determine what information is prior art when it considers the patentability of a claimed invention. If certain requirements are satisfied, a non-provisional patent application can claim the benefit of the filing date of an earlier filed provisional patent application. As a result, the filing date accorded by the provisional patent application may supersede information that otherwise could preclude the patentability of an invention. A provisional patent application is not eligible to become an issued patent unless, among other things, we file a non-provisional patent application within 12 months of the filing date of the provisional patent application. If we do not timely file a non-provisional patent application claiming priority to said provisional application, we may lose our priority date with respect to our provisional patent applications. Further, if any (self or by others) publication of the invention is made after such priority date, and if we do not file a non-provisional application claiming priority to said