Provisional Patent: Viable and Cost Effective

When you talk about patent, it is basically of two types- provisional patent and full patent. Provisional patent is preferred and recommended by experts as it is less costly, can give you “patent pending” status in just a day and can make you the lawful owner of your invention for a span of 12 months.

Your invention surely needs to be patented to secure your ownership over it and deter copycats from mimicking it. Thus you first need to seek patent application form to initiate the patenting process. If you are not sure about the benefits and viability of your invention then applying for provisional patent is a wise idea. You would not want to invest good amount of money and put in lot of effort for getting full patent and then discovering over time that your invention is actually of no use or very little use.

So it’s better that you first seek provisional patent so that you will earn 12 months to check the viability of your invention and then act accordingly. You may not have enough money currently for full patent application; so after a year when you learn about the benefits attached with your invention and if it has any seekers you can easily collect the required money and go for full patent application!