You can file for
a provisional utility patent online, but a provisional design patent has to be done through the mail.
Not exact matches
For example, the long - standing practice of filing a series of
provisional patent applications that could later be combined into a singe
utility patent application appears to be even more favored under the FITF system.
As of Friday, July 1, «the application size fee for electronically filed
utility and
provisional patent applications will be based on 75 % of the number of pages for the paper size equivalent of the specification (including claims) and drawings, and any external tables,» writes Bill Heinze.
A
provisional patent application is a 12 - month place - holder for a
utility patent.
Annually, our firm files an average of more than 1,300 U.S
patent applications for
provisional,
utility, plant and design inventions.