Questions tagged [provisional-application]
Question related to Provisional specification filing and rules thereof
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Understanding PCT timeline with regard to provisional filing
I'm trying to understand how PCT and provisional applications timeline works. I have a provisional application which has 1 year time period to make a formal non-provisional application where I can ...
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What are the implications if a provisional patent expires before a matching utility patent is filed?
Imagine an inventor files a provisional USA patent,
but is tardy on the deadline for filing a utility patent.
Other than the loss of priority date, what rights are lost, and what risks are created for ...
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Clicked "Payment by credit card..." on SB16; paid on the website; PTO-2038
I submitted and paid the fees for a Provisional Patent Application.
The application consisted of the following document: (web) ADS, PTO/SB/16, PTO/SB/15A, the specification, drawings, an abstract, and ...
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When converting from a provisional directly to an international patent (PCT), are new claims and new matter allowed to be added to a PCT?
I've seen that new claims can be added to the non-provisional from the provisional US patent. The new claims get a new priority date of the non-pro submission.
If a non-pro does not require claims for ...
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Claim that is supported by the spec of the provisional but not the non-provisional
A non-provisional application claims a provisional application.
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Does the spec of the non-provisional application have to include everything in provisional?
If not, can a claim in the non-...
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Expired Patents - Can I file?
I want to file for a PPA but a patent of the same idea has already been granted a patent but has expired due to nonpayment of maintenance fees in 2017. Can I still file my PPA and potentially be ...
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putting implementation details in a separate provisional just in case needed
Strategy:
File Provisional A with just enough details to enable invention.
File Provisional B, within 12 months, with much more implementation details that guarantee enablement of invention.
File non-...
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After filing a provisional application, is the USPTO supposed to send you something either mail or email?
I've filed a provisional with the USPTO.
Afterwards, the application number and other info appeared on the screen and I was able to search and find the application with the application number using ...
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Order of the components of the Specifications
Parts of an Application:
Title
Abstract
Drawings
Background of the Invention
Summary of the Disclosure
Brief Description of the Drawings
Detailed Description of the Invention
Claims
I got this ...
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consequences of claims or lack thereof on foreign countries
I've heard that in some foreign countries, if you file based on a provisional application that do not have claims, then those countries will restrict you to only the embodiments of the specifications.
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what are all documents needed to submit a provisional application?
The written disclosure (PDF)
The drawings (PDF)
The cover sheet (PDF)
I've just submitted the Customer Number request form and the Patent Electronic System Verification Form.
Am I missing something?
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If a non-provisional application claims multiple provisional applications, will there be multiple priority dates?
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Provisional A is filed on January 1, 2024 (with content X).
Provisional B is filed on June 1, 2024 (adding content Y).
When you file the non-provisional application that claims both ...
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what happens to provisional applications that are never converted to the non-provisional
After the 12 months, what will happen to the provisional application that is sitting on the USPTO's database if it is not converted to the non-provisional?
Will it be erased and deleted from their ...
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strategy to file multiple provisional applications for the same patent
I've got two related patents that I need to apply for.
One is being drafted right now by an attorney, and it's taking much longer than initially estimated.
I've also learned a lot about patents from ...
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what is the average number of revisions when drafting a patent application with a lawyer?
If one is working with a lawyer specifically to draft a software method patent provisional application, what is the expected number revisions, or back and forth, or drafts between the lawyer and the ...