copending

copending, adj. Patents. (Of serial applications filed in the same patent prosecution) before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office at or near the same time and concerning the same invention. • A continuation or divisional application that is copending with its parent application benefits from the parent’s earlier filing date.

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