GodsInventors.Com - Description of Assistance
The two types of assistance we offer at GodsInventors.Com are... Provisional Patent Application Assistance and Full Patent Application Assistance.
Below is a description for each of the two types. We hope this will help answer any questions that you may be having about the options you have to choose from with us.
What is a Provisional Patent Application?
A provisional patent application is about one thing. No, not the "one" thing that you are wanting to invent and patent but its about the thing we call "time". Yes that's right! The provisional patent application is like having time at YOUR command!
Let me explain.....Let's suppose two or more individuals are working on the same idea (the USPTO calls your ideas "ART" by the way) and they both get their prospective applications to the Patent Office on the same day. One of them is received at 9:00am and the other at 9:01am. Guess who, assuming a patent IS awarded, is going to get the patent? Well I will tell you...The one that received the 9:00am time stamp from the USPTO (United States Patent & Trademark Office) is going to be the one that is awarded the patent because they beat the other inventor(s) to the finish line. Does that make sense? It's first come first serve!
This option is a very prudent one to use when your resources are limited (who's aren't?...lol) and when you haven't had the time or knowledge to do a thorough patent search for other similar, if there are any, inventions. (The USPTO calls inventions that have already had patents awarded to them "Prior Art") This option will afford you and entire year (12 calendar months) to further develop your idea without the fear of loosing it to another person or corporation.(The USPTO calls persons or corporations wishing to obtain a patent an "entity".)
What must be understood about this option, that may seem negative to the inventor, is the fact that a PPA (provisional patent application) will expire at the end of the 12 calendar months UNLESS its is followed up with a full patent application. This however is not a draw back if you keep your eyes on the big picture....your financial resources! You want to keep your cost down don't you? Well, using this option will give you protection while you take time to make a calculated decision concerning filing a full patent application. I would think that its the best insurance a person in your situation could get. You get your time-stamp with the USPTO and some breathing room to get your finances in order and to do further research on your idea so that you can determine that its worth it to file for a full patent. Sounds like someone is getting their cake and eating it too! How does it taste?
What is a Full Patent Application?
A full patent application is exactly what it is called. It's the full application required and needed by the USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) in order to begin processing your idea through their system in order for them to determine if it deserves patent protection.
Some of the factors that are used in their determination have to do with other patents that have been awarded in the same or closely related area that your invention would fall under. This is where, as I stated above describing the provisional patent application, like or similar inventions ("prior art") come into play. It is for this very reason that a thorough patent search is absolutely necessary before applying for the full patent. If your idea is rejected for patent protection status by the USPTO (and it probably will initially) then you must be able to argue, from a technical stand point, about what makes your invention different even though it looks as though there are several other ones at Wal-Mart on the shelf in the check out line!
There is MAJOR work and time that goes into the preparation of a full patent application. If it's not done thorough or correctly it can cost the inventor more money in the form of "applicable fees" required by the USTPO for missing or incomplete paperwork as well as more of their time going back and doing stuff over! Issues like these have the potential to really weigh down the future inventor and patent holder and if not managed properly could cause them to throw in the towel and give up on their dreams of inventing all together. These are just some of the bloody complications that flow through the veins of this "beast" that we live within. (Welcome to Babylon!) It is because of the previously stated factors that the option of filing for the full patent application to begin with is for those individuals that currently have all of the resources to do so as well as, and this may be the most important factor, are not concerned about the time that will be lost during the preparation of the application.
I know that some of this, if not all, sounds overwhelming but listen, don't fret! Fear not...we will help you! Don't let a little uncertainty rob you of what just might be one of the ways God wants to prosper you!