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DIMWIT.com - Provisional Application
A provisional application for patent is a U. S. national application for patent filed in the USPTO under 35 U.S.C. § 111(b). It allows filing without a formal patent claim, oath or declaration, or any information disclosure (prior art) statement. It provides the means to establish an early effective filing date in a later-filed non-provisional patent application filed under 35 U.S.C. § 111(a). It also allows the term "Patent Pending" to be applied in connection with the description of the invention.
A provisional application for patent (provisional application) has a pendency lasting 12 months from the date the provisional application is filed. The 12-month pendency period cannot be extended. Therefore, an applicant who files a provisional application must file a corresponding non-provisional application for patent (non-provisional application) during the 12-month pendency period of the provisional application in order to benefit from the earlier filing of the provisional application. In accordance with 35 U.S.C. § 119(e), the corresponding non-provisional application must contain or be amended to contain a specific reference to the provisional application within the time period and in the manner required by 37 CFR 1.78.
a written description of the invention, complying with all requirements of 35 U.S.C. §112 1st paragraph and
correspondence address; and<
Fees are subject to change. The current fee for a provisional application for patent can be found on the fee page. USPTO Contact Center (UCC) customer service representatives are available Monday through Friday (except Federal holidays) at 800-786-9199 to provide fee information. Payment by check or money order must be made payable to "Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office".
The USPTO maintains a directory of registered patent attorneys and agents at http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/dcom/olia/oed/roster/index.html.
All inventor(s) named in the provisional application must have made a contribution either jointly or individually to the invention as disclosed in the application.
Provides simplified filing with a lower initial investment with 12 months to assess the invention’s commercial potential before committing to the higher cost of filing and prosecuting a non-provisional application for patent;
Permits 12 month ’s authorization to use "Patent Pending" notice in connection with the description of the invention;
Preserves application in confidence without publication in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 122(b), effective November 29, 2000;
Permits applicant(s) to obtain USPTO certified copies;
Allows for the filing of multiple provisional applications for patent and for consolidating them in a single §111(a) non-provisional application for patent; and
Beware that an applicant whose invention is "in use" or "on sale" (see 35 U.S.C. §102(b)) in the United States during the 12 month provisional-application pendency period may lose more than the benefit of the provisional application filing date if the 12 month provisional-application pendency period expires before a corresponding non-provisional application is filed. Such an applicant may also lose the right to ever patent the invention (see 35 U.S.C. §102(b)).
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USPTO Contact Center.
or access USPTO's Internet site at www.uspto.gov.