A provisional application is not examined by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and therefore it never itself issues into a patent. On its own and without any further action, filing a ...

Many startup companies are formed around new ideas and inventions. Therefore, protecting such innovations may be extremely important, especially early on. If your business plan includes foreign ...

There is a great misunderstanding among many inventors and entrepreneurs regarding what many simply refer to as a provisional patent. The first thing that needs to be said is that there is no such ...

I am frequently asked about the benefit of filing a provisional patent application. I am a big fan of provisional patent applications and encourage independent inventors, small businesses and ...