An applicant who files a provisional patent application in the United States has one year from the date of filing the provisional application to convert the application into a non-provisional application. A failure to convert a provisional application results in the abandonment of the application. Converting a provisional application to a non-provisional application requires that additional statutory requirements are met in the application and additional fees are paid. Converting the application creates a starting point for the Patent Office to begin reviewing a patent application.
Advantages:
- Most formalities are already in our Provisional Patent Application.
- Minimizes conversion costs.
- Following Formal-Provisional to Formal Non-Provisional Patent Applications tactic spreads the expense of filing for a patent over a year.
Includes:
- Conversion of a provisional patent application, that we previously wrote, to a non-provisional application;
- Updating/expanding specification with any new information;
- Updating/expanding drawings for new info;
- Updating claims to address current case law and USPTO practices;
- Focusing claims on areas of commercial significance and particularly novelty;
- Filing the case with the USPTO;
- Updating claims to address current case law and USPTO practices;
- All USPTO and client correspondence needed to prepare and file the application;
- Tracking status of USPTO examination progress;
- Reporting status to client;
- Tracking deadlines for future actions;
- Receiving and reporting to client receipt of USPTO office actions;
- Initial analysis sufficient to quote fixed-fee price to respond to office action;
