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This paper discusses provisional patent application. The Provisional Application for Patent was introduced a dozen years ago to make initial patent protection more affordable to small businesses. It gets you to "patent pending" status faster and cheaper than a standard, or "utility&qu...

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Published in:IEEE spectrum 44, 6 (2007).
Main Author: Gunderman, R.D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
US Patent and Trademark Office.
USPTO.
Initial patent protection.
Patent-pending status.
Provisional patent application.