A provisional patent application is a great tool to temporarily protect your invention with the US Patent Office, but it is useful…
The United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) is allowing inventors to file a provisional patent application without paying the government fee…
If your provisional patent application has expired after 1 year and you have not yet filed a full non-provisional patent application, you…
A provisional patent application lasts for 1 year from the day it is filed. This means you have 1 year to followup…
Yes, a U.S. provisional patent application is recognized by most international countries. You can file a patent application in most foreign countries…
To properly write a provisional patent application, it should have 1) a complete description of how the invention works and 2) a…
1 Secure a Filing Date with the US Patent Office With inventing, it’s all about who invented it first. The United States…
You can potentially patent any idea that is novel, non-obvious, and useful. We like to use the term idea instead of invention…
A provisional patent application is a quick and relatively inexpensive way to declare an invention as your own. When you submit a…
Provisional patent application for 12 months or non-provisional patent application for 20 years? It depends on your objectives With a provisional patent,…