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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译员Terence，毕业于国内顶尖法学院，擅长翻译有关能源和自然资源领域的法律文件。