Patent Pending: Drafting a Provisional Patent Application
What you'll learn
- Draft a provisional patent application
- Brainstorm ideas and inventions for greater patent protection
- File provisional patent applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Requirements
- Students should have a cursory knowledge of what a provisional patent is
Description
Protect your invention by filing a provisional patent application today!
When the Constitution was passed, the founding fathers understood the need provide inventors with the ability to get patents. Unfortunately, this process can be expensive and confusing. However, provisional patent applications allow an inventor to reserve the right to get a patent and give the inventor a year to market and test his invention before having to go through the expense of filing a full patent application.
More importantly, once a provisional patent application has been filed on an invention, the inventor can legally state this his invention is patent pending.
Online legal service companies such as Nolo and LegalZoom charge up almost two hundred dollars per provisional patent application. Hiring an attorney will cost thousands more.
With this course, you will learn how to
- Learn how to draft and file your own provisional patent applications from an experienced patent attorney.
- Get brainstorming tips for strengthening your invention for a stronger a provisional patent application
- Get access to all of the forms necessary to file a provisional application.
Buy this course now and begin the journey of being a successful entrepreneur and inventor.
Who this course is for:
- Any inventor looking to save thousands of dollars in attorney fees by filing their own provisional patent application
- People who think that patents are get rich quick schemes should stay away
Course content
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Instructor
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I have been a patent lawyer for over 12 years and have extensive experience in the acquisition, licensing, and litigation of patents. I have a B.S. in mathematics and worked as a software developer at one of the largest telecommunication companies in the United States. After realizing that full-time software development was not my calling, I attended law school at Columbia University in New York City.
After law school, I worked for the most prestigious law firm in Atlanta, GA handling all types of intellectual property matters for a variety of clients. I subsequently joined the largest patent boutique firm in the United States, where I focused on representing high tech companies in patent litigation matters. Since then, I have represented individual inventors and small businesses in all types of intellectual property matters.
I have represented individual inventors and small businesses in copyright, trademark, and patent matters against some of the largest companies in the United States and the world.