After a Provisional Application Is Filed, a Nonprovisional Application Must

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Short Answer

After a provisional application is filed, a nonprovisional application must be filed within ______ or the provisional application will be deemed abandoned.

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Definitions:

Electronic Medical Record

A digital version of a patient's paper chart, containing their medical history, diagnoses, medications, treatment plans.

Progress Note

A record kept by healthcare professionals detailing the clinical status or achievements of a patient during a hospital stay or outpatient visit.

Correction Tab

A feature or a tool typically found in word processors and text editors used for making corrections in a document.

Meaningful Use

With reference to health care records, this term is used by government agencies to refer to the way in which medical record information is employed in order to provide a means for improving patient care and patient outcomes through evaluating treatment patterns and verifying necessity of medical procedures performed; determines the way in which electronic health record (EHR) technologies must be implemented and used for a provider to be eligible for the EHR Incentive Programs and to qualify for incentive payments.