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Patents provide protection only in the issuing country.
That license specifies a priority date. Foreign patents must be filed within one year of the priority date or the priority date is lost. Foreign patent applications must then be filed before the expiration of the PCT application. Almost every country in the world requires filing a patent application before the occurrence of a public disclosure or offer for sale. Filing in every country prior to such a disclosure would be cost prohibitive for all.