A Patent is a type of legal right that empowers the inventor with the legal authority to prohibit others from making or
using an appropriate invention. The Provisional Patent is the early stage of getting a permanent patent. The
application of a Provisional Patent is a short outline that reveals the nature of the invention.
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The Provisional Patent application is an introductory description or specifications of the invention. The main purpose
of a Provisional Patent is to disclose the brief of the invention not disclose the entire details. It gives time to the
inventor to make changes before filing a permanent patent. It also secures the priority date so nobody can claim
influence over it or replicate it.
1. Establish Exclusive Priority Rights
The Provisional patent makes the applicant able to protect a priority date for his patent and restrict another
individual from copying or applying for the same patent.
2. Measure the Worth of the Invention
The owner of the patent or his assignee, licensee, or agent has the absolute right to the invention to file a
case of violation against any other individual who tries to violate the patent without the owner’s permission.
In case of violation, the owner of the patent or his assignee, licensee, or agent has the right to start the legal
process in a court not lower than a district court.
3. Enhances Credibility in the Market
The patent makes the better recognition of the brand and allows the business to charge a premium price to
the customers. A patented invention has usefulness in the market, it will directly or indirectly help in growing
the patentee’s business.
4. Provide Time to Make Required Changes
A provisional patent is the introductory details of the patent and allows time to the inventor to make
modifications in the given time of 12 months. The inventor can work on the utility, novelty, and inventive
factors in this period.
5. Offer Monetary Returns
The patent right is a great asset and provides monetary returns to the owner. It offers more value than
Intellectual Property. Many pharma companies present a great example of making a profit through their
inventions.
6. Attract Investors
Investors get 12 months to sharply analyze the various factors of the invention and can take the further
decision of investing in it or not.
Title of the invention
Name of an applicant for the patent
Address of applicant for the patent
Contact details of an applicant for the patent
Nationality of an applicant for the patent.
Description of the Invention
Technical aspects of the invention
1. Package Selection
Applicants can choose any package according to them and fill in the details in the form.
2. Collect Information &; Documents
The next step is to collect the details and documents for the application. Before that, you can visit our
website to look at the examples of the template application. As the patent validity is for 20 years so it is
better to check and verify once before applying.
3. Drafting of Intervention
The team will draft the intervention with its practices and advantages.
4. Submission of the Application
In the end, the team will file a Form-2 of the application and related documents.
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we are here to resolve this confusion for you. We will enlighten you about what are the different criteria you must
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The patent provides an exclusive legal right to the inventor over their invention.
No, the Indian patent has its territorial limitations and is not valid outside the Indian territory. One needs to apply separately in other countries to get patent rights.
Through a Provisional patent, the inventor gets up to 12 months to file the application for a Permanent patent or file an international patent. It reduces the risk of someone else filing a patent application on the same idea and allows the inventor more time to publish research. It also allows one to put the idea in the public domain without any risk.
A provisional patent is valid for a year from the date of filing of the provisional patent application. This validity time cannot be extended.
A provisional patent is a temporary patent provided to an invention that is in the experimental stage whereas a Permanent patent gives to a concluded invention for 20 years. There is a claim section in the Permanent patent that is not present in the Provisional patent. This claim section defines the scope of the invention and describes what an inventor wishes to protect in the invention. The provisional patent is not flexible
The Provisional patent application will take four to six weeks following the original meeting.
Yes, if the Provisional patent application’s conditions or drawings are not complete or will not be useful then the patent application can be rejected. On the other hand, the Provisional patent is temporary in its nature and expires after completing the validity of 12 months.
The documents required for a Provisional Patent Application include the title of the invention, description of the invention, name of the applicant for the patent, address of the applicant for the patent, contact details of the patent applicant, nationality of the patent applicant, and technical aspects of the invention.
No, this is the primary eligibility criterion for any invention to not get disclosed in the public domain before getting the patent for it.
No, it is not possible to make changes to any filed application for a Provisional patent.
