The "effective date" of a claimed invention is the earliest of: (1) the actual filing date of the patent or the application for the patent containing the claimed invention; or (2) the filing date of the earliest application for which the patent or patent application is entitled to a right of priority or benefit of an earlier filing date. (Note: The above definition does not apply to reissue patent applications or reissued patents.)
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