The Internet provides abundant resources, including the ability to file online, and a one-year provisional application for patent filings, which was introduced in 1995, provides a simple way to lock in a filing date for as little as $80 while the inventor works on a full application.
If you're forced to lock in a certain date, plan in case it rains.
Roche didn't raise its bid just before the record date for Illumina's meeting but after, thereby losing the chance to lock in a number of votes.
Western Conference semifinals, locking in a date Sunday afternoon in San Antonio against the Memphis Grizzlies for Game 1 of the conference finals.
"I figure once I lock in a date it will also give a little incentive to the search committee to get moving".
Both countries have been locked in a dispute dating back more than 20 years over banking debts left over from the collapse of Yugoslavia.
Samsung has done an excellent job of keeping us in the dark regarding the forthcoming Galaxy S IV launch dates, but the folks over at SamMobile seem to have locked in an announcement date of March 15.
Those who came after that date are locked in, waiting for a decision about their asylum claims.
Every year, caterers in the Hamptons urge clients to lock in their dates no later than early spring.
By April 2008, they were Broadway-bound having found financing, locked in a theater (the Lyceum) an opening date (July 17 , 2008 and a worldwide fan following thanks, in part, to their new media presence.
The slim prospect that one or both teams will make the playoffs can also hurt the Garden because locking in dates for basketball or hockey games limits the arena's ability to make money from other attractions.
