The ________ states that for a period of one year, an application for a patent in a second member country will be treated as though it had been filed on the same date as the application made in the first member country.
A) common origin doctrine
B) rule of reason
C) Trademark Law Treaty
D) right of priority

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The right of priority, also known as priority principle, is an essential feature of the patent system, which allows inventors to obtain protection for their inventions in multiple countries. This principle asserts that an applicant who has filed a patent application in one member country of the Paris Convention has the right to file subsequent applications for the same invention in other member countries, within a specific time frame, and the subsequent application will be considered as if it had been filed on the same date as the first application. This period is usually 12 months from the date of the first filing, and it gives inventors time to assess the commercial viability of their invention before committing further resources to obtaining patents in other countries.

The ________ States That for a Period of One Year