Which Type of Patent Application Should I File?
There are essentially three types of patents: Utility, Design and Plant.
To discuss further which type of patent application applies to your situation, please contact Tennessee Patent Law.
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What is a Provisional Patent Application?
Provisional patent applications allow the inventor to establish an early effective filing date by filing a simpler version of a non-provisional application for a patent. Once filed, the inventor may apply the term “Patent Pending” to their invention. Provisional applications may only be filed for Utility and Plant patent applications.
Impact of New “First to File” Patent Law
Under pressure from lobbyists for Big Business and Pharmaceutical companies, Congress passed, and Obama signed, the America Invents Act (AIA) into law in September 2011. The AIA changed the long-standing “first to invent” standard to a “first to file” standard. Before the AIA, when two inventors disagreed over who owned the invention, patent law favored […]