before filing vs prior to filing

Both 'before filing' and 'prior to filing' are correct and commonly used phrases in English. They can be used interchangeably to indicate something that happens before submitting documents or paperwork. The choice between them is a matter of personal preference or style.

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before filing

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate something that occurs before submitting documents or paperwork.

Examples:

Please review the documents before filing them.
Make sure to check the information before filing the report.
The form must be completed before filing.
He always double-checks the details before filing any paperwork.
The payment should be made before filing the application.

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We'll let you know if we require any further information before filing our report.
Which remains uncorroborated, so the district attorney's office is going to continue to investigate before filing the charges.
6.1. Can a search be carried out by the OHIM before filing an application to find out whether or not a similar mark has already been registered?
The grace period seems in fact to be regarded as an inadequate response to genuine problems, such as the complexity of the procedure for filing applications, the lack of relevant information and the need to disclose one's inventions before filing for a patent.
Those who jump without resorts, those who circles more than the M-30 before filing... and your father, who circles and circles, and when he runs out of gas, returns home.
They were listed on the initial filing before Rivers took over the case.
before a filing date has been granted;
The date of the earlier trade mark must be before the filing date or, if available, the priority date of the CTM.
I've never had a detective try and talk me out of filing charges before.
the period before a date of filing has been accorded;
The right of prior use shall entitle the third person to exploit the design for the purposes for which its use had been effected, or for which serious and effective preparations had been made, before the filing or priority date of the registered Community design.
(a) the period before a date of filing has been accorded;
A design shall be considered new if no identical design has been made available to the public before the date of filing of the application for registration or, if priority is claimed, the date of priority.
in the case of a registered Community design, before the date of filing the application for registration or, if a priority is claimed, the date of priority.
(b) in the case of a registered Community design, before the date of filing the application for registration or, if a priority is claimed, the date of priority.
before the date of filing referred to in Article 27 has been accorded by the Office and during the opposition period provided for in Article 41(1).';
in the case of a registered Community design, before the date of filing of the application for registration of the design for which protection is claimed, or, if priority is claimed, the date of priority.
(b) in the case of a registered Community design, before the date of filing of the application for registration of the design for which protection is claimed, or, if priority is claimed, the date of priority.
I swear I will finish those filings, but you have to give me this patent confirmation before Harvey gets back.
I am therefore filing charges against these gentlemen before the Ethical Practices Committee of the American Bar Association.

Alternatives:

prior to filing
pre-filing
ahead of filing
in advance of filing
preparing for filing

prior to filing