Provisional Patent Application Uspto. A provisional patent application (PPA) is a patent application that can be used by a patent applicant to secure a filing date while avoiding the "Prior art" is used by patent offices, including the USPTO, to determine whether an invention is new and non-obvious. Protect your invention or idea with a provisional patent.
Although Provisional Patent Applications are not examined by the USPTO, as Nonprovisional Patent Applications are, they still must contain sufficient details about the invention you want to patent.
The fees below do not include patent attorney fees.
If the USPTO accepted your application as complete, that's all you need. Gigs include simple drawings and claims. Unlike non-provisional patent applications, there are no specific requirements or set guidelines for what has to be included in a PPA.