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Covers types of patents (utility, design, plant) and clarifies that provisional utility applications support utility and plant inventions but design inventions are not eligible. 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Please consult with appropriate sources for legal authority and guidance on these matters .  \nObjectives  \n• Types of patents  \n• Provisional application overview  \n• Provisional application filing requirements  \nDesign  \nTypes of patents  \nUtility  \nPlant  \n5  \nTypes of patents: An overview  \n• Utility patent  \n– Utility patent: may be obtained by anyone who invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof.  \n• The term “composition of matter” relates to chemical compositions and may include mixtures of ingredients (chemicals) as well as new chemical compounds. Examples may include a pharmaceutical drug or shampoo.  \n• An example of a machine may include a bicycle, an apparatus, or device.  \n• The term “manufacture” refers to articles that are made or manufactured. Examples may include a tire or an integrated circuit.  \n• Design patent  \n– Design patent: may be obtained by anyone who invents a new, original, and ornamental design for an article of manufacture.  \n• A design consists of the visual ornamental characteristics embodied in an article. The subject matter of a design patent relates to the configuration or shape of an article.  \n• Plant patent  \n– Plant patent application: may be filed by anyone who invents or discovers and asexually reproduces any distinct and new variety of plant.  \nProvisional utility applications  \n• A provisional application for patent (provisional application) is a U.S.  \nnational application filed in the USPTO for utility and plant inventions.  \n– Design inventions are not eligible for filing provisional applications.  \n• Provides a low-cost way to establish an early effective filing date (priority date) with fewer formalities.  \n• A provisional application does NOT issue as a patent, but only a later-filed non provisional application may issue as a patent and benefit from the provisional application filing date.  \n• Provides a 12-month window to file corresponding utility nonprovisional patent application in order to benefit from the priority date of the provisional application.  \n• Provisional application is abandoned automatically at 12 months and is not examined.  \nProvisional utility applications  \n• Additional benefits of provisional applications:  \n– Patent term measured from filing date of subsequent nonprovisional application  \n• Patent term is currently 20 years from the date of filing  \n• Provides up to an additional 12 months of protection on your invention based on filing of the nonprovisional.  \n– Term patent pending allowed to be applied  \n• Inventors may use term during time period after patent application (provisional, nonprovisional, design, or plant) has been filed, but before  \npatent has issued  \nProvisional utility applications  \nU.S. patent granted  \nAbandoned as a matter of law 12 months after filing  \nAbandonment  \nProvisional application  \nFile non provisional utility application  \nProvisional utility applications  \n• Filing requirements:  \n– Title of invention  \n– Name(s) of all inventors  \n– Inventor(s) residence(s)  \n– Correspondence address  \n– Attorney information (if applicable)  \n– U. S. government interest (ownership) (if applicable)  \n– NOTE: The use of USPTO form PTO/SB/16 (Provisional Application for Patent Cover Sheet) is encouraged to provide the above information. A fillable form can be downloaded here:  \n[www.uspto.gov/sites/default/fi](www.uspto.gov/sites/default/fi)les/documents/sb0016 . pdf","cbCaieyN5uPzTdF0","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaieyN5uPzTdF0","pdf",1199382,15,"English","# Filing a Provisional Application\n## Demystifying the Filing Process\n## Objectives\n## Types of Patents\n### Utility\n### Design\n### Plant\n## Provisional Utility Applications\n## Filing Requirements","[{\"question\":\"What types of patents are covered in this guide?\",\"answer\":\"The guide explains utility, design, and plant patents, including what each covers and who may obtain them.\"},{\"question\":\"Are design inventions eligible for filing provisional applications?\",\"answer\":\"No. Design inventions are not eligible for filing provisional applications according to the guide.\"},{\"question\":\"What happens to a provisional application after 12 months?\",\"answer\":\"A provisional application is abandoned automatically at 12 months and is not examined.\"}]","Basics of a Provisional Application - Provisional patent filing guide | PDF",38]