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How important are claims in provisional patents
There is no requirement for claims
Provisional applications are not examined, and therefore have no formality requirements. As long as they are validly filed, it doesn't matter precisely what format ...
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Repatenting someone else's dropped provisionals
The answer to this turns on 35 USC § 102(a), which reads:
A person shall be entitled to a patent unless—
(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, ...
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Get the same patent in multiple countries
This is why the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) exists. A patent application filed as PCT may be filed in other member states.
There is a good overview of PCT filing here, and more authoritative ...
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Repatenting someone else's dropped provisionals
Why does it puzzle you? If it is not available to the public, it is not prior art.
I think relevant US provision is here (MPEP 901.02)
https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s901.html#...
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Two aspects of the same invention and one aspect is not unique
So here we have a tidy distinction between description and claims.
Description
You must provide a description sufficiently detailed that the skilled person, reading your description, would understand ...
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How many drawings can a patent have?
The USPTO imposes an additional fee beyond the provisional filing fee for each 50 sheets beyond 100 sheets (pages) for a provisional patent application. That fee ranges from $100 for a micro entity, $...
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Why do patent description contains serial numbers like [0001], [0002] etc?
These are paragraph numbers. They are considered good practice to include since they aid referencing portions of the description, but are not mandatory.
They are described in a extremely detailed ...
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Multiple inventions in US provisional patent, inventors in split application?
Once any non-provisional application that claims priority from a provisional is published or granted, that provisional is open for public inspection. So yes to question 1.
The provisional itself is ...
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Is it possible to obtain a patent on a technology I am already selling?
As far as I know, this scenario is not well-settled law in the U.S.
Prior to the changes to patent law introduced by AIA, any patent would almost certainly have been invalid if secret commercial use ...
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PCT Application
The PCT Applicant's Guide (National Phase) is the resource you are looking for. It contains a detailed guide on the WIPO Rules and Articles from the Applicant's perspective, and covers the time limits ...
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How important are claims in provisional patents
I think, very. As noted in the other answer, there is (probably) no legal requirement for claims. However, the whole purpose of the provisional filing is to give you a date for the invention. If you ...
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When exactly do you lose the provisionals priority?
The rule on this is quite tidily stated at MPEP § 211.05(I)(A) (which I hope will suffice as a legal reference of some nature):
[F]or a claim in a later filed nonprovisional application to be ...
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Does a provisional patent have to be filed through USPTO?
I am wondering if there is any legal backing for a idea that was written in a document and stored on a local file system
No, especially now that the US is in a first-inventor-to-file regime. ...
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Are Provisional Applications ever denied filing dates?
I know an inventor who didn't get a filing date because the entire body of the short amount of text in the application was labeled something like "Summary" or "Overview". Another did get a filing ...
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Separate or single provisional patent application/s for an algorithm and presentation
As @EricS mentioned, the word algorithm will trigger the word "abstract" which is hard to get around once it is invoked.
It doesn't really matter if it is one or two provisional applications ...
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Most countries require that patent applications be filed before public disclosure of an invention: does it include US provisional patent applications?
Absolutely - that is the main reason provisional applications were created. When the US signed the treaty that changed term from 17 years after grant to 20 years after filing the US saw that a person ...
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Public Disclosure After Provisional Filing
My impression of the PPA is that you can try to commercialize what's in it without inhibiting your chances of filing for a non-provisional one before your 12 months are up. I am not entirely sure, but ...
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If I file a provisional patent application, could someone else file a PCT application for the same invention during the first 12 months?
My question is: if I file a provisional patent application in the USA, what's stopping someone from scooping it up and going international before I'm able to file a PCT? If so, in the first 12 months ...
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Am I reading this right? -- the cost for a provisional patent application
The fees you are quoting in the question are for a NON-PROVISIONAL patent application. As people discussed, the micro entity fees for a provisional would be $65.00.
However, provisional patent ...
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Am I reading this right? -- the cost for a provisional patent application
There's no such thing as a provisional PATENT, only a provisional patent application. It is never examined so the search/etc. fees aren't calculated and I don't think you even need to have claims, ...
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How do I collaborate with a company who may have a provisional on my idea?
I think that the best procedure would be the following one :
1) Fill a provisory patent with your idea and much as detail as possible
2) Offer the company to set a bilateral NDA between you and them
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Will claiming priority from provisional patent reveal it?
Will claiming priority from a provisional reveal it to public?
Yes. A provisional application is never itself published (37 CFR 1.211(b)). However, a provisional application becomes part of the file ...
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is a provisional utility patent the way I need to go?
Is a provisional utility patent the way I need to go?
Possibly, but not for the reasons you suggest.
A good provisional does not take less time than a non-provisional, as the drafting process is ...
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Writing my provisional patent application for my app, I have a question
At first blush, US 9083821 that you referred to seems to be a very good example of a software patent. I will therefore discuss a little about the patent and how it relates to the invention–...
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When is the right time to apply for my provisional patent
You should absolutely file a patent application before releasing your product.
If you release your product first, then the product becomes prior art. This will prevent you receiving a patent (but for ...
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File Provisional Application without some implementation details
It's a tough question to answer because it can depend on the particular facts of your invention. The application must describe the invention with enough detail that a software developer with an ...
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