So glad to hear this Wilfred, how did the application go?

Did you manage to file a patent? could you help me with this?

My attorney told me about provisional patents and the year to file. But it was pretty much understood that I was hiring him to NOT MAKE MISTAKES as writing a patent is a lot like writing code, but your coding language is "legalese". To make things worse, the compiler ( patent examiner ) costs a few hundred dollars to run and it takes a year to get back your syntax errors. If your main concern is just being allowed to use your OWN idea without someone patenting YOUR idea, it would make sense to write it yourself. If the patent isn't granted, or the patent is granted but poorly written, it still might prevent someone else from preventing you from creating whatever you are trying to create.

A registered patent attorney MIGHT file a provisional patent application for you and only charge $800 to $1,000, depending upon how familiar he or she is with that field. It's often considered a complete waste of their time if you don't already have the information you need for filing an actual application that could get you a patent, unlike a provisional.

wilfred, you hit the nail on the head. I recently interviewed 3 lawyers.........to sum it up its a business for them, they do not care about you nor your invention/idea

+Cliff Weitzman : Dear Mr. Weitzman, Can you say, "U.S. Patent # 62305658" ? !!!!!!! You gave me something that has made me so happy, and I will be forever grateful to your good-will, humanity and grace!!! My countenance changed the day I watched your video! You were so right when you wrote, "The electronic process is built as if it was designed by a deranged government employee whose soul mission in life is to make you give up on the patent process." I didn't want to give up but I couldn't see the light anymore and I was down about it. (And I think you used that word correctly, in that it is so discouraging traversing that site as an independent entrepreneur with a small bank account and it seems deeper than a 'sole mission'.) The Beatles have a song lyric that says, "I get by with a little help from my friends..." Thank you, my friend, because you have helped me more than "get by" and I am ready to keep moving in the direction of my dreams !!! The best of everything to you, Sir, and thank you so, so much ! Candace McGinn

I always get lost in the uspto site. Do we still need the customer number to file ? That site got me all discouraged at first

Periwinkle Greetings how's the patent going ? Did U get to sell it yet ?

Thanks for asking !!! I have two Non-Provisional patents, pending. A Metal Greeting Card, and a Metal Postcard! First Office Action is Oct. '17, and March '18. It all started with Cliff's KZfaq Video, to get my Provisional Patents! Here's my website (in progress) and Kickstarter campaign (launching next week) development.periwinklegreetings.com/ www.kickstarter.com/projects/periwinklegreetings/128334337?token=841b8715 Candace McGinn Candace@PeriwinkleGreetings.com

Periwinkle Greetings congratulations !! Thanks for sharing ur experience ! Inspiring !

hahah I'm glad to hear it Tristan, Did you end up applying? If not why?

I thought of this you know...I'm sure they have a group specifically working on that lol

Did you manage to file a patent? could you help me with this?

That's very true unfortunately, as I thought of one good idea to submit for a patent in 1996 but didn't have the opportunity to search for it till 2003 and then found nothing near to my idea, but couldn't file for a patent due to money transfer restrictions, I searched again a year later and found many patents, and one of them was exactly like mine and the rest were improvements to it. Conclusion, never search for exact function of your idea, but try to do it indirectly if possible, if you could not, then submit your patent without search.

I’ve been done this way..... I’m trying to find ways to be more discreet with research

@@mcnairentertainment2584Hey dear! Would you mind helping a sister out then? Im so serious. I have a non profit organization however i understand that everyone has to eat 🤷🏾‍♀️ ijs lol

Thanks! did you end up applying? If not why?

Did you do the process? How did it go?

How'd it go

Great! Can I buy it someplace now?

@@FloppyJellyRoll I'm wondering the same thing

Did you manage to file a patent? could you help me with this?

For anyone going through the same search I did, I eventually found the latest forms in the link below. www.uspto.gov/patent/patents-forms Enjoy!

JT - I've visited the USPTO site and concluded the EXACT SAME. Ridiculously put together! It is completely insensibly comprehensible! I absolutely love KZfaq which cuts right to the chase to find out how to do anything. Thanks to Cliff!

Save yourself some time and just call the USPTO's inventor assistance help line. 800.786.9199 (IAC:Inventors_Assistance_Center) Also, if you have a patent attorney, ask them to help give you access to "private pair" so that you can see what transactions are happening with your stuff without having to go through them. I have a patent that went into abandonment because I didn't pay the ISSUE FEE. The fucking issue fee! All the thousands of dollars of hard work was done and I missed a 200 dollar fee so now I lose my patent if they don't accept my 500 dollar petition. If I had "private pair" access. I would have known that I had missed something that came in the mail. Not receiving mail is not an excuse to miss an office action. Hope this helps someone.

I am so glad to hear it. How'd it go? Can I buy it any place now?

Did you manage to file a patent? could you help me with this?

I hope so :) how'd it go? I am so glad to hear it. How'd it go? did you end up applying? If not why?

"protecting ideas"? You mean "reserving the right to file a non-provisional patent application within a year"? A provisional application, by itself, does not "protect" anything.

Maria Stefania My name is Larry. This is 03-05-18 and I think but don't know that the video with thw need information to walk you through the PPA is not there any more. Would you happen to have the video or can you tell me where I can get it. Thanks Larry neiderhiserlarry@gmail.com

You submitted the application? That is AMAZING! Where can I buy it?

Did you manage to file a patent? could you help me with this?

I am so glad to hear it. How'd it go? did you end up filling? If not, why not?

@@CliffWeitzman yea online for my first time, all the other previous ones I did threw the mail, thanks again man

howd ur invention do Hannes?

Hannes how'd your invention go?

@Bobbito Chicon I'm wondering the same thing

@@emmillyy. I'm wondering the same thing :)

Hellllll yes! Can I go buy your product anywhere?

Did you manage to file a patent? could you help me with this?

If it's been a year since you filed your PPA and have yet to file a non0-provisional application, then you wasted your time and money on the provisional application.

Can you also advice me please? I having tough time to file my patent. Lawyer asking for crazy amount of money in Canada and I don’t trust them at all.

Gave one a while back here kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rMmIjcpmrbPdhnU.html My best speech is this tough in my opinion kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pZ6ba7KUlZ25nJ8.html I'm giving a much more legit Ted talk in April though in Palo Alto. Did you end up filling in the end? :)

Did you manage to file a patent? could you help me with this?

That’s was I was thinking too

Please let me know if you don’t your idea patent and I can follow it

Helll yea! Did you end up applying? If not why?

thanks bro! I get the money to build those racers from my invention competitions and i think i may get to build faster ones too when i make some sales from this invention. I cant thank you enough because to be honest i'm pretty sure someone else would of registered before me if I did not have that template to use so thanks so much!

thanks! also lol, that break for long boards, i wish i had that a month ago lol cuz i crashed so hard from not being able to stop for some dumbas* in a truck that would not stop for me, i had to jump off and i tripped on the curb, i hope that really takes off for you, it's a really good idea!

nice bro! i used to work on speech to text generators but it always was buggy for me. good luck on that! Ive been focusing on something that literally does not let you day dream... at all.. i have a prototype too

nah cant tell yet, ill tell you in a week lol. it uses a LOT of software though. Its a method that nobody would probably of ever even thoght anything near of

You da man! :) Did you end up submitting an application?

I plan to use this method. I am working on a small idea that I dont think is going to be a blockbuster, not sure its 'worth' filing a full patent yet, but this will give me a year to test the market and decide if its worth going deeper into.

I filed my provisional today - I am proudly "Patent Pending". I definitely pulled this video back up a few times for some guidance. Thank you. It takes some time to write the specifications, you want to do a pretty good job at it, and be thorough - leaving out details can hurt you later. That said, specifications and drawings can be in a plain language, so you don't have to get tripped up on patent lingo.

Can you advice me as well please?

Helll yes! Did you end up applying? If not why?

Correction: "provisional patent APPLICATION". It does not become a patent until several years later, if you file a non-provisional that meets the requirements and pay the necessary filing/search/examination and issuance fees along the way, not to mention the patent attorney legal fees you'll need to pay at some point.

I am so glad to hear it was helpful, God bless. How'd it go? Can did you end up applying? If not, why not?

@@CliffWeitzman I was going to, but the item has a patent on it, so I'll figure something else.

Glad to hear it. How'd it go? Can I but it any place now?

Unfortunately, much of what he says is simply wrong from the get-go: there is no such thing as a provisional patent. It's a provisional APPLICATION for a patent that you intend to file within a year. A provisional is not a patent of any sort. Ever.

Pleasure! Did you end up applying? If not why?

Happy to hear it :) Did you end up applying? If not why?

The link is right here www.dropbox.com/home/ProvisionalPatentResources/ProvisionalPatentResources

Did you manage to file a patent? could you help me with this?

Provisional patents are not published by the USPTO and remain secret until cited in a non-provisional application for an actual patent.

I am so glad to hear it. How'd it go? Can I buy it any place now?

As soon as you pay I believe! Pleasure! Did you end up applying? If not why?

Patent pending starts from your filing date. Your receipt "relates back" to the filing date. Sharing information about your invention will result in others stealing your invention and making their own before you even file for an actual non-provisional patent and there is NOTHING you can do to stop them, other than keeping your mouth shut and binding everyone under a non-disclosure contract before you tell them anything.

Cliff Weitzman I actually have my provisional patent! I had your video open in another tab the whole time I was on the USPTO site filing out the application. I kept referring back to it if I didn't know what to do next. I don't know if would've been able to do it without such a a great and to the point step by step video! Thanks again :)

You have up to a year in which to file for a patent. A provisional patent application is NOT an application for a patent and does not become a patent. After a year it expires and gets automatically shredded without ever being examined for patentability.

A provisional application doesn't need any claims. An "abstract" is clearly defined within the instructions from the USPTO.

You can do what you should have done in the first place: call a patent attorney for legal advice on how to file something properly and to reply to USPTO letters.

No, you're completely wrong. There is nothing in this video about filing a patent application -- it's only about a provisional application. You have no enforceable patent rights (if ever) until after you REFERENCE your provisional in a non-provisional, have your application examined (including the search they do of all previous inventions), reply to their inevitable rejections and objections and then (possibly) issue an actual patent in a couple of years. Until then absolutely ANYONE anywhere is free to rip you off anywhere i the world. "Patent pending" is only a hollow warning until your invention is actually patented in the country where you want to enforce it.

Soyouwouldjusthavetowritelikethis?

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Provisional application fee (micro) is now $75 (12/2020). Non-provisional applications start at $80, plus $175 search fee, plus $200 examination fee. If you ever get to "issuance", that'll be $300. At 3.5 years later you'll owe $500, then $900 four years after that, then $1,925 at 11.5 years, assuming they haven't raised them again by those respective event points, and assuming you continue to qualify for the discount. Otherwise, quadruple all numbers.

A provisional is not required to contain any claims. However, the more concise you can make your specification, drawings and claims, the more valuable it will be for your foreign filing license and your upcoming non-provisional patent applications.

Little or nothing, in many cases. If it takes three years or more to get a patent and your market it only going to last for a year or two, you have to decide whether to get actual legal advice on losing your patent rights.

Weeks? Try more like 2 1/2 YEARS to get a simple patent issued, assuming your invention qualifies and your non-provisional application was done properly.