Abstract
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" patent application. It also gives a whole extra year of patent-pending status without sacrificing a single day of the life of any patent that may issue from it. The dangers of filing a provisional patent application are also discussed
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