What does non-provisional mean?
A. A nonprovisional patent application is normally considered the “regular” utility patent application. It’s what you file to get the USPTO to review your utility application and grant your patent. A provisional patent application, on the other hand, does not get reviewed.
When to file a non-provisional patent application?
Then when the non-provisional patent application is filed within 12 months of the first provisional patent application, the patent filing date will relate back to the initial provisional application filing date and will include all changes made.
What happens when you add a hole to a provisional patent?
Be careful. If you find a design for a slit or a hole that was not included in your provisional patent application and add it to the non-provisional application then you may lose the benefit of the provisional application. The provisional only holds the line for the invention as you described it in your provisional application.
Which is the first step in a patent application?
You can think of the Provisional route as providing a two-step start to the patent process whereas the non-provisional application route is a one-step start. The first step in the Provisional Route is to file a provisional patent application. The inventor’s oath or declaration and claims are not required for a provisional application.
What’s the difference between a provisional and a hybrid patent?
Anything new that goes into your non-provisional application will have to go to the back of the line. The result will be a hybrid patent: some parts will be invented on the day of the provisional filing, others on the day of the non-provisional filing.
What does it mean to file a non provisional patent?
Basically, a non-provisional patent application is the same thing as a utility patent application. When you file for a non-provisional patent, you are requesting that the USPTO review your application with the hope that the organization will issue your full patent.
Where to file a nonprovisional utility patent application?
Please contact the USPTO’s Contact Center, browse the USPTO’s website, or visit a PTRC if you have questions about: A nonprovisional utility patent application can be filed with the USPTO through the Office’s electronic filing system called EFS-Web, delivery by U.S. mail, or hand delivery to the Office in Alexandria, Virginia.
Be careful. If you find a design for a slit or a hole that was not included in your provisional patent application and add it to the non-provisional application then you may lose the benefit of the provisional application. The provisional only holds the line for the invention as you described it in your provisional application.
How much does it cost to file a provisional patent application?
Claims would be drafted and added to the content of the provisional application. The cost of drafting the claims would be $1500 (the cost not incurred above when writing the provisional application). The government filing fee for the non-provisional is $530. Therefore, the cost of the second step, filing the non-provisional application, is $2030.