A provisional application is not examined by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and therefore it never itself issues into a patent. On its own and without any further action, filing a ...

Differences between a provisional patent application and a nonprovisional application claiming priority to the provisional application may inform claim construction, following the Federal Circuit’s ...

Brent Fairbanks is a Primary Patent Examiner at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) with a focus on data processing of sensor measurements. He serves as an Assistant Outreach ...

“Provisional patent applications are widely touted as the go-to thing for startup companies or independent inventors, but they are always the wrong thing to do,” says Russ Krajec, CEO of BlueIron, a ...

“Starting the patent process on a limited budget doesn’t mean you can’t or won’t succeed, it means you are being responsible. Of course, your budget must be realistic—you cannot expect highly ...

While the United States is alternately lauded and slammed for its characteristic unilateralism, in at least one area — intellectual property (IP) policy — the US is no longer alone, as Israel has ...

Before taking any other steps, it is always a good idea to understand the intellectual property landscape surrounding the particular technology area of your invention. Searching public databases of ...