What is a provisional patent application? What is the provisional patent application process? How long is a provisional patent application valid? This video explains how to get patent pending status with a provisional patent application. However, it is just a placeholder and is only valid for one year. During that year, the full non-provisional application must be filed, claiming priority over the provisional application. A provisional patent application is a great way to get patent pending status quickly and inexpensively, while maintaining the flexibility to gradually protect an invention as it develops by adding updates in the non-provisional phase or even filing a second updated provisional application in the year of the first filing.

Additional patent resources:
– My bestseller “Patents Demystified”: https://amzn.to/2MX5le9
– The top book for licensing your idea or invention: https://amzn.to/3tDLSib (One Simple Idea by Stephen Key)
– When must a patent application be filed: https://www.dwt.com/blogs/startup-law-blog/2020/08/when-to-file-startup-patent-application
– Is software patentable: https://www.dwt.com/blogs/startup-law-blog/2020/11/how-to-patent-software
– My appearance on CNBC's "The Profit" with Marcus Lemonis: https://www.cnbc.com/video/2019/11/08/coco-taps-owner-reviews-their-pending-patent-with-marcus-lemonis.html

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