So, what should go into a provisional patent application?

There is no such thing as a "provisional patent".

The provisional patent application is only pending for 12 months prior to becoming abandoned.

An individual can privately file a provisional patent application.

The applications claim priority from a provisional patent application filed June 30, 1999.

The results of his research work have also yielded five patents and two provisional patents.

Between 1856 and 1872, Browning acquired provisional patents for designs of numerous scientific instruments.

Provisional patents only give you two years protection, although I'm curious how provisionals affect the first to file determination.

The advantages of a provisional patent application are:

Yozons initially filed a provisional patent for its electronic signature system and method on January 5, 2001.

The first official application for a provisional patent for the handpiece was granted in October 1949.

A caveat was like a provisional patent application with drawings and description but without a request for examination.

"It can't be touched, mind you," he added suspiciously; "I've taken out the provisional patents.

What is a provisional patent application?

EarTop has filed 6 provisional patent applications for Flow.

In the fall of 2009, it was determined that the company was in a position to file its first two provisional patent applications.

Something similar could be said about the so-called provisional patent application (PPA).

And yet, filing a provisional patent application can greatly benefit you as you start the process of protecting your invention.

Geoffrey Rose took out a provisional patent with the British Patent office in 1975/6.

If you want to get a jump start on the patent process, you might want to file a provisional patent application.

Thus, it is possible to file a provisional patent application more quickly and cheaply than a non-provisional patent application.

Despite the lack of capital, Yozons "documented our process [for electronic signatures] and filed a provisional patent."

Unaipon took out provisional patents for 19 inventions but was unable to afford to get any of his inventions fully patented.

Consider keeping an inventor's notebook and filing a provisional patent application to show you acted diligently in pursuing a patent.

With the help of his wife, who designed the familiar nine-room layout of the murder house, Mr. Pratt obtained a provisional patent on the game.