Provisional Patents

If you’re like most of the visitors who visit Patent Rebel, you might be wondering: what is the difference between a provisional patent and a utility patent. The USPTO offers inventors the option of either filing a provisional patent application or a nonprovisional utility patent…

If you have an invention that you want to patent but don’t want to pay a huge amount of money to an attorney, you do have the option of patenting your invention on your own without the help of an attorney. The USPTO will even…

The USPTO offers several different forms of intellectual property (IP) protection. So, as an owner of an intellectual property, which form of intellectual property protection should you choose? We will discuss the best intellectual property protection below. What is the Best Intellectual Property Protection? The…

If you have an invention that you want to patent, you may be wondering whether you should protect it using a provisional patent or a nonprovisional patent. While there is no such thing as a provisional patent, you can certainly file what is known as…

Whether you’ve finished working on your invention or you’re still working on it, you might be wondering about protecting it with a provisional patent. We are here to tell you that although there is no such thing as a provisional patent, you’re probably referring to…

Provisional Patent (Provisional Patent Application) A provisional patent, correctly known as a provisional patent application is a type of patent application filed at the USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office). Provisional patent applications are filed by inventors with the patent office to obtain an…

How to Get a Provisional Patent? If you’re an inventor and you want to protect your invention or start using the words “patent pending” you can do so by submitting a provisional patent application to the USPTO. We are including a step-by-step guide to get…

Whether you’ve already filed a provisional application or you’re thinking about filing one, you may be wondering whether the USPTO (The United States Patent and Trademark Office) publishes provisional patent application. We will answer this question below. Do Provisional Patent Applications Get Published? No, the…

If you’re an inventor and you’re working on an awesome invention, you might be wondering about patenting your invention. You may have done some research and you may have come across provisional patents as an alternative or stepping stone to filing a nonprovisional patent application….

Inventors often obtain a provisional patent before applying for a (regular) nonprovisional utility patent because provisional patent applications require less work to prepare and generally cost less. So, a question that we often get is: can you sell a provisional patent? We will answer this…