Where the applicant claims priority in his own country and the preliminary examination finds that it meets the requirements, the examiner shall issue a notice of deemed withdrawal to the earlier application. If the applicant claims more than two domestic priorities, and the preliminary examination meets the requirements, the examiner shall issue a notice of deemed withdrawal of the corresponding earlier application. An earlier application deemed to have been withdrawn shall not be required to be resumed.
After the applicant claims the priority, he may withdraw his priority claim. After claiming multiple priorities, the applicant may withdraw all or one or more priorities.
Where the applicant requests to withdraw the priority claim, it shall submit a declaration of withdrawal of priority signed or sealed by all the applicants. In accordance with the provisions, the examiner shall issue a notice of conformity. Do not meet the requirements, the examiner shall issue a certificate that has not been submitted.
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If the earliest priority date of a patent application changes after the withdrawal of the priority claim, and the various time limits calculated from the priority date have not expired, the time limit shall be calculated from the earliest priority date or application date after the change. The request for revocation of priority is
If it arrives at the Patent Office fifteen months after the original earliest priority date, the future publication period of the patent application shall still be calculated according to the original earliest priority date.
Where a domestic priority is claimed, after the priority is withdrawn, the earlier application shall be deemed to have been withdrawn in accordance with the provisions of the third paragraph of Article 32 of the Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Patent Law, and shall not be requested to be restored because of the withdrawal of the priority claim.