February 21, 2008
Submarine Patent
This is supposed to be the first patent, which was granted. It is said that it took the longest time for this submarine patent application to have been published. In addition, when it was finally granted, everybody from the patent attorneys in san antonio was taken aback.
This patent took a back seat when the TRIPS agreement was signed between the WTO and the US in 1995. From then on, the terms of this patent are measured from the date of the application being filed and not from the date of the patent being issued. Therefore, the delay in granting the rights can lead to loss of rights.
