Assertion: patent's filing date | /r/CapableOf | apply to subsequent applications
Facets:
value: with national patent offices
type: OTHER
value: by designating a patent application
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: By designating a patent application as a Patent Cooperation Treaty application, the filing date of the applicant's original application with the PCT applies to all subsequent applications with national patent offices, allowing the patent application process to proceed as long as details of the invention were not publicized before the original PCT patent application was filed.