Safe and cost-effective divisional application filing strategies under Canada's newest patent rules
<p>��<i> 15 minutes </i></p><p>Canada recently introduced patent rules related to excess claim fees and continued examination fees that have the potential to complicate conventional approaches to filing divisional patent applications. This article reviews the requirements for filing a divisional patent application in Canada, the impact of the new claim fee and continued examination fee rules on divisional practice and provides strategies for safely filing divisional applications while minimising patent prosecution costs.</p>