Alton, IL
Intellectual property Lawyer at Alton, IL
Practice Areas: Intellectual Property
Advantage 7: Secrecy is maintained but you get "patent pending" status To me this is the biggest advantage for the small inventor. You get your cake (secrecy) but get to eat it (legally have disclosed...
See Full GuideAdvantage 6: You can use the "2-yr provisional" pilot program To help underfunded small entities, the USPTO has a pilot program where a non-provisional patent application can be filed, based on an ear...
See Full GuideAdvantage 5: Easier to do it yourself There are a number of low cost software programs and low cost providers that purport to offer low cost PUPA preparation and filing. As in most things, you will us...
See Full GuideAdvantage 4: Simplicity A disclosure, a special "Provisional Application for Patent Cover Sheet", a fee, and an electronic filing will get a date. The disclosure is not examined except as to form, so ...
See Full GuideAdvantage 2: Quicker Filing A PUPA can be filed quickly since it only needs a disclosure and claims can be omitted or simplified. PUPAs are not examined, so claims are not required. There are situatio...
See Full GuideAdvantage 1: You can extend the term of the patent for up to a year The provisional utility patent application (PUPA) provides priority against prior art or later applicants but yet does not count agai...
See Full GuideThere are 7 main advantages (extending patent term, quicker filing, lower cost, simplicity, easier to do-it-yourself, the 2-yr PUPA pilot program ) and 3 main disadvantages (risk of missing a deadline,...
See Full GuideKnow Your Options, there are many kinds of protections Patents protect inventions that are new, useful and unobvious. The owner of a patent has a right to exclude others from making, using, selling,...
See Full GuideThe America Invents Act (AIA) enacted 2011-09-16 has changed the game for small business and independent inventors. Patents may not be the best option and inventors must revise their strategies....
See Full GuideWith the expansion of the generic top level domains gTLD comes a new problem for trademark owners. No longer will having .com, .net, and .org be enough. yourbrand.xxx may give IP counsel a new item of ...
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