A patent application is not supposed to be a wish list. It is supposed to teach someone how to make and use the invention. That difference just helped wipe out a $107.5 million jury verdict in a major pharmaceutical patent case. The case involved sophisticated cancer drugs, expert witnesses, and years of litigation. But the […]
In this post I will show you how to write a provisional patent with AI using our free ChatGPT App. A Provisional Patent Application (PPA) is a fast, low-cost way to file your invention with the US Patent Office (USPTO) and secures 12 months of patent application pendency. During this 12 month pendency period, you […]
In summaryWhen R&D is conducted entirely within one jurisdiction, compliance is usually straightforward. In cross‑border projects, however, multiple and sometimes conflicting compliance rules can be triggered at once. In a recent example, the author encountered a situation where a US‑based inventor and Portuguese‑based inventor collaborated on a new technology. What started off as a routine […]
Finding a provisional patent example is different because provisional patent applications (ppas) are not published or available on google like a regular utility (non-provisional) patents. A full non-provisional patent application will get published about 18 months after you file it. A provisional patent application will remain secret unpublished (i.e. you cannot find it through Google). […]
If you are getting ready to file a patent, you have probably already realized the hardest part: finding a good provisional patent application example to use as a template. Most inventors just want to see what a “winning” provisional looks like before they start writing. But if you try to search for “provisional patent examples” […]
One of the very first questions every inventor asks is, “How much is this going to cost me?” It’s a fair question. The world of patents and intellectual property can seem expensive and complex. The good news is that if you are willing to do some of the work yourself, filing a patent can be […]