Provisional and Nonprovisional

A provisional patent application allows you to establish an invention date or a priority date without filing a nonprovisional regular patent application. The filing date of a provisional application serves as an early effective filing date in a later filed nonprovisional application if the nonprovisional application is filed within 12 months from the filing date…

U.S. Patent Filing Points

Request of Fast Track Examination

Petition to Make Special An application may be made special upon filing a petition including any evidence showing that at least one named inventor is 65 years of age, or more, such as the inventor’s statement or a statement from a registered practitioner that evidences that the inventor is 65 years of age or older.…

Second Navigation Menu

America Invents Act Overview

The America Invents Act (AIA) effective March 16, 2013 is the first major revision of US patent law for about 60 years and it introduces some fairly significant changes.  The law switched the U.S. rights to a patent from the previous “first-to-invent” system to a “first inventor-to-file” system for patent applications filed on or after…

Critical U.S. Patent Knowledges