filing date
Document submission day
Filing date is the official date when a document is formally submitted to an authority or institution.
In legal contexts, it marks when a lawsuit, patent application, or other paperwork is received by a court or government office: The patent's filing date establishes priority over later applicants.
Filing dates often determine deadlines, rights, and procedural timelines.
- deadlineTime limit for completion
- submissionYielding to another's will
- priorityStatus of greater importance
- patentObvious; inventor's monopoly
- patent officeAgency granting invention rights
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- court recordscourt documents, court transcripts, court records, court cases, court record
- legal deadlinestime limit, legal deadline, statute of limitations, submission deadline, court calendar
- trademarkstrademark, trademarks, trademark infringement, trademark symbol, registration number
- fiscal datestax deadline, fiscal year end, fiscal year, fiscal quarter, April 15th
- Marriage Recordsmarriage license, marriage certificate, maiden name, marriage age, marriage register
- design IPdesign patent, design patents, industrial design, ornamental design, aesthetic design
filing dateclosing date
Final submission deadline
completion date · issue date · effective date · expiration date
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