Provisional patent application: a cheap option?
A provisional patent application is a lower cost alternative to a non provisional patent application because the provisional patent application has lower minimum requirements than the non provisional patent application. However, when done right, the provisional patent application is not a cheap option or a poor man’s patent as some internet sightings may lead one […]
Cheap provisional patent applications
Provisional patent applications are lower cost, but not cheap Provisional patent applications are frequently misunderstood, and in my opinion, misused. Oftentimes, provisional applications are thought to be the poor man’s patent or the cheap patent. However, the provisional patent application is merely a lower cost option as best described by the United States Patent and […]