DocumentCode
895503
Title
File Now, Pay Later
Author
Gunderman, Robert D. ; Hammond, John M.
Volume
44
Issue
6
fYear
2007
fDate
6/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
77
Lastpage
78
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9235
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MSPEC.2007.369277
Filename
4225117
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