Jeffrey Proehl is a registered patent attorney with Woods, Fuller, Shultz & Smith P.C. in Sioux Falls. Inventors often have questions about the difference between filing a “provisional” and a ...

When raising money, a provisional patent application screams to an investor ‘I don’t think this patent application was worth the extra $600 to file it as a non-provisional!’” explains Krajec.

A provisional patent application (PPA) can protect an invention from copycats before it undergoes the more rigorous process of patent approval. The "patent pending" label identifies such a product.

You need to know before you commit to filing a non-provisional patent application, which can easily cost $15,000-$35,000. Testing the market is one big benefit of filing a PPA first, but it’s ...

Backed by in vivo data, the provisional patent application displays the potential effectiveness of thylakoid extracts in treating and slowing the progression of metabolic dysfunction-associated ...

Josee April 3, 2014 01:56 am. Hello Gene, I’m not sure if my idea is patentable but will a Provisional Patent Application protect my idea while I start marketing my product (no one else can copy ...

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This distinction between a provisional patent application and a non-provisional patent application became necessary in 1995 when the Patent Office first allowed the filing of provisional applications.