Title :
File Now, Pay Later
Author :
Gunderman, Robert D. ; Hammond, John M.
fDate :
6/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper discusses provisional patent application. The Provisional Application for Patent was introduced a dozen years ago to make initial patent protection more affordable to small businesses. It gets you to "patent pending" status faster and cheaper than a standard, or "utility" patent application. It also gives a whole extra year of patent-pending status without sacrificing a single day of the life of any patent that may issue from it. The dangers of filing a provisional patent application are also discussed
Keywords :
copy protection; patents; US Patent and Trademark Office; USPTO; initial patent protection; patent-pending status; provisional patent application;
Journal_Title :
Spectrum, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MSPEC.2007.369277