Common use of Claim of Priority Clause in Contracts

Claim of Priority. (1) Any person wishing to avail himself of the priority of an earlier application shall be required to file his patent application within 12 months of the earlier filing date. (2) Within six months of filing the application, the applicant shall attach to the application, or provide to the Organization, the following documents: (a) a written declaration stating the date and number of the earlier application, the country in which it was filed and the name of the filing party; (b) a certified true copy of the earlier application; and (c) if he is not the person who filed the earlier application, a written authorization from the applicant or his successors in title authorizing him to avail himself of the priority in question. (3) An applicant who, in respect of a single application, seeks to avail himself of two or more rights of priority shall comply with the provisions mentioned above for each of them; he shall also pay a fee for each right of priority claimed and shall produce proof of payment of the fee within the six-month period mentioned in paragraph (2) above. (4) Any priority claim or priority documents that reach the Organization more than six months after the filing of the application shall entail loss of the right of priority. (5) However, the right of priority referred to in paragraph (4) above may be reinstated in accordance with Article 45 below. (6) The decision rejecting the request for reinstatement may be appealed against before the High Commission of Appeal.