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Provisional Patent Application
             (PPA)
   How different is it from formal
            application?

                         4
Overview
• Types of patent application
• Differences between formal and provisional
  patent applications
• Advantages of PPA
• Limitations of PPA
• How to apply for PPA?
So what kind of Patent Application is
    suitable for your start-up?
Provisional Patent
        • Informal patent as it is not examined
What?   • Without claims, oath, or any information
          disclosure statement


        • A protection to avoid other people from
          stealing your ideas or invention when your
Why?      patent is not entirely completed
        • Can apply for this for the formal patent to
          establish an earlier effective filing date


        • Has to apply for a formal patent within
How?      one year of its filing date
Formal vs Provisional Patents
           Formal                        Provisional (PPA)
• Most direct and hence, the       • Lower costs than applying for
  shortest route to patent           formal patent
• Good for inventions with short   • Good for inventions that are
  half-life such as electronics      not fully developed
  and software                     • Good for keeping invention a
• Good for inventions that are       secret as long as possible (i.e.
  already or about to be             for another year)
  launched in the market           • Good for adding one year to
• Any additions to the invention     your patent life
  has to be re-filed                 (i.e. from 20 to 21 years)
 A later priority date to cover
  any new improvement
Advantages of Provisional Patent
• Preserve priority date
• Quick and inexpensive way to obtain a filing
  date right after the invention is conceived
• One year delay allows the inventor/s to fully
  develop the invention before filing for a
  patent for the full invention
Advantages of Provisional Patent
• One more year of patent protection
• Patent pending status is granted during the
  provisional patent protection
• Multiple provisional patents can be filed and
  consolidated into one provisional patent
Limitations of Provisional Patent
• Increased total cost in patent application
• Invention has to be disclosed
  (but will be kept confidential from public)
• Potential loss of trade secrets
• If inventor misses the 1 year deadline of filing
  for the formal patent, then the invention can
  no longer be patented.
How to apply for PPA
• Cannot be filed online under USPTO
• Fill in the following provided by USPTO
  – provisional cover sheet and
  – fee transmittal form
• Have to be written and completed by
  – you or
  – a professional patent agent.
Writing your Provisional application

• Claims not required
  (but advised to include broad claims)
• Description + Drawings
• Should be clear and concise to be understood
  by skilled personnel in the field of invention
• Should not anything that you want to include
  as trade secret
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Provisional Patent Application

  • 1. Provisional Patent Application (PPA) How different is it from formal application? 4
  • 2. Overview • Types of patent application • Differences between formal and provisional patent applications • Advantages of PPA • Limitations of PPA • How to apply for PPA?
  • 3. So what kind of Patent Application is suitable for your start-up?
  • 4. Provisional Patent • Informal patent as it is not examined What? • Without claims, oath, or any information disclosure statement • A protection to avoid other people from stealing your ideas or invention when your Why? patent is not entirely completed • Can apply for this for the formal patent to establish an earlier effective filing date • Has to apply for a formal patent within How? one year of its filing date
  • 5. Formal vs Provisional Patents Formal Provisional (PPA) • Most direct and hence, the • Lower costs than applying for shortest route to patent formal patent • Good for inventions with short • Good for inventions that are half-life such as electronics not fully developed and software • Good for keeping invention a • Good for inventions that are secret as long as possible (i.e. already or about to be for another year) launched in the market • Good for adding one year to • Any additions to the invention your patent life has to be re-filed (i.e. from 20 to 21 years)  A later priority date to cover any new improvement
  • 6. Advantages of Provisional Patent • Preserve priority date • Quick and inexpensive way to obtain a filing date right after the invention is conceived • One year delay allows the inventor/s to fully develop the invention before filing for a patent for the full invention
  • 7. Advantages of Provisional Patent • One more year of patent protection • Patent pending status is granted during the provisional patent protection • Multiple provisional patents can be filed and consolidated into one provisional patent
  • 8. Limitations of Provisional Patent • Increased total cost in patent application • Invention has to be disclosed (but will be kept confidential from public) • Potential loss of trade secrets • If inventor misses the 1 year deadline of filing for the formal patent, then the invention can no longer be patented.
  • 9. How to apply for PPA • Cannot be filed online under USPTO • Fill in the following provided by USPTO – provisional cover sheet and – fee transmittal form • Have to be written and completed by – you or – a professional patent agent.
  • 10. Writing your Provisional application • Claims not required (but advised to include broad claims) • Description + Drawings • Should be clear and concise to be understood by skilled personnel in the field of invention • Should not anything that you want to include as trade secret
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