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You may also abandon provisional patent applications that no longer apply without the pain of forfeiting thousands of dollars. Each time you write a new provisional patent application it gets easier too. Usually you can use the same format used on a previous application.

Again, it is extremely rare that a self-filed, self-prosecuted patent application has any value...and we emphasize "extremely rare". Follow the tenets in our From Patent to Profit home study courses and materials and you will not become a negative statistic!

Rush filing of the permanent patent application is frequently a painful, costly, lesson. There are patent strategies that can be applied that will significantly boost your success rate and speed up your development time. Don't get pressured into this approach.

Patent strategy complements development
Don't get scared and rush into filing permanent patent applications in order to "get protection". What are you protecting if the inventive matter has not been qualified? Common sense tells you to qualify marketability first. It's a costly mistake otherwise.

There are countless stories of inventors and businesses who have spent thousands on rushing the filing of patent applications, resulting in worthless patents. Rush filing usually has three outcomes:

After the invention is fully developed its design changes and is no longer covered under the patent application.
To protect the new inventive subject matter the inventor has to spend up to 10,000 or more to file and prosecute a new patent application.
The inventor becomes emotionally attached to the original patent application (after all, it's been a huge investment, right?) and sticks with it instead of developing the more efficient design-around.

In other words...
welcome to the 97% failure rate category!

Use provisional patent applications
During development inventions tend to metamorphose. The best way to protect your rights during this period is to keep proper records and file provisional patent applications as required.

When new inventive matter is discovered, you can file additional provisional applications instead of costly permanent ones. It is not uncommon to file two or three provisional applications and then file a single permanent application referencing the three.

Obviously the money and time saved in doing it this way is substantial. That's thousands of dollars and valuable development time that should be spent on development and marketing instead.

The inventor who goes blindly into patenting without qualifying marketability is going to have a painful, costly experience. Learn all you can about inventing and patenting and don't become a statistic.

And remember, never try to patent it yourself.

Why the castle and moat approach is best
First, the stronger the patent protection, the more interest you'll have from prospective partners. And this approach doesn't have to cost you bundle either. There is a dynamite way to make this happen within your budget...(more)

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