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Provisional Patent Application (1 year term) – Provisional applications are US applications for a patent which do not mature into an issued patent (not examined by the USPTO) unless further steps are taken by the applicant within twelve (12) months of filing the provisional application.

NOTE: Such applications are designed to provide lower cost first patent filing by reducing the formal requirements such as not requiring formal drawings, claims, oath and declarations, or an information disclosure statement; however, if drafted properly the provisional application provides the inventor with an application priority date and “patent pending” status.

Note: A provisional application must be converted to a non-provisional application within one year of the filing date to maintain priority based on the provisional filing. Failure to file the non-provisional could result in loss of patent rights, including a complete bar to obtaining a patent.

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