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Provisional Patent Application (PPA)

A typical first step to protect your IP is to file a Provisional Patent Application (PPA). We can help to quickly file your PPA. Please read on!

A PPA has specific advantages in terms of cost, time to prepare, and filing. While not suited for everyone, many inventors—both large and small—find a Provisional Patent Application (available from the USPTO since 1995) an advantageous and cost-effective approach to protecting their IP.

A Provisional Patent Application is not limited to citizenship, so, for example, a PPA may be filed for a non-US citizen located outside of the United States. A PPA could be the first step for a PCT application.

Read below to learn more about our two Provisional Patent services to help you protect your IP.:

- PPA Quick-File—an economical, fast service

- PPA Edit-and-File—a full service with more guidance

PPA Quick-File

An economical, fast service

The PPA Quick-File service is our most economical service. It's quick and is tailored for inventors who can write a full PPA , according to ours or similar guidelines—on their own, without our review. Filing with the USPTO is included in this service.

PPA Quick-File is also attractive to companies wishing to file a number of provisional patent applications—at a fraction of the cost of traditional law offices.

PPA-Quick-File includes the following:

-	You receive our PPA guidelines—for you to write your PPA.
-	You send us your PPA by email.*
-	We file your PPA, as received, with the USPTO, usually within 1-2 business days of receipt of your PPA.
-	We pay the USPTO PPA filing fee.
-	We serve as your patent agent / patent attorney of record with the USPTO for your PPA.
	We can later work with you, separately, to write and file a non-provisional patent application.

* The list above is a overview of the PPA services included in PPA-Quick-File. In addition, we need to receive your signed NDA-Service Agreement to proceed.

Small Entity vs Large Entity

The USPTO allows reduced provisional patent fees to be paid by "small entities", usually understood to be smaller inventors and small companies. More exact definitions may be found in 13 CFR 121.801 through 121.805.

PPA-Quick-File Fee: $285.00 (Small Entity)
$390.00 (Large Entity)

Prior Art Search

Click here to learn more about a prior art search and why this service may be of additional value to you, along with or independent of your PPA filing.

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EMAIL COMMUNICTIONS ONLY: Please note that we do not work with normal mail/postal service—but rather by electronic means, such as email. Working this way is rapid and and it is more economical for all concerned. Your ordering our PPA Quick-File or Edit-and-File service constitutes your agreement to work with electronic communications only.

PPA Edit-and-File

A full service with more guidance

The PPA Edit-and-File service is right for inventors who need more guidance and/or IP professional involvement in preparing their PPA.

The service affords you with professional, experienced guidance and review of your PPA and it also includes filing with the USPTO. This service is available at one fee for both Small and Large Entities.

PPA Edit-and-File includes:

-	You receive our PPA guidelines—for you to write your PPA/disclosure; which you send us by email.
-	We review and edit your PPA and obtain your approval for the final PPA draft.*
-	We file your final PPA draft with the USPTO, usually within 1-2 business days of receipt of final PPA approval.
-	We pay the USPTO PPA filing fee.
-	We serve as your patent agent / patent attorney of record with the USPTO for your PPA.
	We can later work with you, separately, to write and file a non-provisional patent application.

* The list above is a overview of the PPA services included in Edit-and-File. We also need to receive your signed NDA-Service Agreement to proceed.

In parallel to your Provisional Patent Application, you may wish to consider a professional prior art search. Click here for more information.

PPA-Edit-and-File is available for one fee for Large and Small Entities, alike.

Fee: $1,150.00

NO REFUND POLICY: Since we offer quality service and at an exceptional value-for-price, we request payment in advance. All sales are final and no refunds will be issued, unless a clear technical problem resulted in an inadvertent duplicate payment.

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