For an application for a patent for invention claiming foreign priority, which of the following circumstances will not damage its novelty during the priority period?
The so-called foreign priority means that an applicant applies for a patent for an invention or utility model for the first time in a foreign country within 12 months, or for a design for the first time in a foreign country within 6 months, and applies for a patent for the same subject in China, according to the agreement signed by the foreign country and China, the international treaties to which the two countries are parties, or the principle of mutual recognition of priority, that is, the date when he first applied in a foreign country. The principle is also applicable to patent applications filed by China applicants abroad. Accelerated business collection and delivery system (adopted by the United States post office)