priority date

基本解釋

The priority date is the date when the petition was filed at a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) office or submitted to an Embassy or Consulate abroad.
的優(yōu)先日期是在請(qǐng)?jiān)笗r(shí)提出的在美國(guó)國(guó)土安全部（DHS）廳或提交到國(guó)外大使館或領(lǐng)事館的日期。
The priority date is generally the date when the applicant's relative or employer properly filed the immigrant visa petition on the applicant's behalf with USCIS.
優(yōu)先日期一般是申請(qǐng)人的親屬或雇主代表申請(qǐng)人正式向美國(guó)移民局遞交移民簽證申請(qǐng)的日期。
Although, not in itself, enough to monopolise an invention a provisional application will provide an applicant with an all important priority date and patent pending number.
盡管不在于其本身，一項(xiàng)臨時(shí)性申請(qǐng)已足以壟斷一項(xiàng)發(fā)明，它仍將向申請(qǐng)人提供所有重要的優(yōu)先權(quán)日期和專(zhuān)利受理號(hào)。

In part for this reason, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is likely to see increased numbers of provisional applications, which if done properly can be a cost-effective way to obtain an early priority date for a patent application.
FORBES: March 16, 2013: The United States Transitions To A 'First-Inventor-To-File' Patent System
To date, the Administration has funded increases for Station without major sacrifice to other priority NASA programs.
WHITEHOUSE: Jacob J. Lew Testimony to House Science Committee, 08/06/1998 The White House