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A provisional patent is around $400 and lets you slap Patent Pending on the manual, which makes you look more serious, at least.
by spiritplumber 12y ago
A provisional patent is around $400 and lets you slap Patent Pending on the manual, which makes you look more serious, at least.
- HeyLaughingBoy 12y ago[shrug] So you just paid $400 for the right to sue someone. Still gotta pay the lawyers.
- spiritplumber 12y agoIt also makes you look a bit better to the sort of people who care about patents (The problem with lawyers is that they quickly get more expensive than siege engines, so their usefulness is limited).
- ridgeguy 12y agoA provisional patent is $65 if you are a micro entity, $130 if you're a small entity. You have one year after filing your provisional patent to file a "regular" (utility) patent based on the provisional, and your utility filing gets the benefit of the provisional filing date. See fee schedule, refs of micro & small entities, etc: http://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/fees-and-payment/uspto-fee-schedule http://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/fees-and-payment...