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Patent Pending in 24 Hours
enlarge	Authors: Richard Stim, David Pressman Publisher: NOLO Category: Book List Price: ~~$34.99~~ Buy New: $19.90 You Save: $15.09 (43%) Buy New/Used from $19.26 Avg. Customer Rating: (13 reviews) Sales Rank: 31733 Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published) Media: Paperback Edition: 4 Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 433 Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4 Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 7 x 1 ISBN: 1413305113 Dewey Decimal Number: 346.730486 EAN: 9781413305111 ASIN: 1413305113 Publication Date: January 2007 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Editorial Reviews: Book Description Take the first step to protecting your invention! Ready to stamp "patent pending" on your invention? Then you need to file a provisional patent application (PPA), an inexpensive way to claim your hard work. With a PPA, you'll have time to figure out whether you can make a profit from your creation before you invest more time and money. With Patent Pending in 24 Hours, you have all the forms and information you need to get the job done! Find out how to: evaluate hurdles to patentability write a clear PPA prepare informal drawings of your invention conduct a patent search online understand basic patent law complete all forms required by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office file your application modify your invention after filing The book also includes important legal forms to help you preserve your rights when showing or selling your invention: nondisclosure agreement patent assignment prototype-maker agreement joint-ownership agreement The 4th edition is completely revised with updated case law and patent regulations, updated filing information and new application examples.

Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews... Worth Buying July 22, 2008 I was initially dismayed to discover that a large part of this book is actually made up of several complete, existing patents (which I could have found on the web) and felt just a little jipped. However after I'd read the first half of the book I realized that these were very well chosen examples illustrating the critical points of the process, and really the only way to illustrate those points. It is a simple, straightforward book, a little lighter in 'weight' than you'd expect given the number of pages, but the only book I have come across that is dedicated to provisional patents. A fabulous book? No. Worth buying? If you want to know about Provisional Patents - Yes. Simple. Complete. Excellent. February 13, 2008 I bought this book to work an idea I had. This book put me on solid grounds from, how to think like an inventor to how to file for the provisional patent. Loved reading this book. Very informative for newbies. Loved it. Will recommend it. Good reference but dated and incomplete January 14, 2008 2 out of 2 found this review helpful I bought this book because I needed to file a Provisional Patent Application (PPA). However, I found it to be somewhat incomplete and other information wasn't updated from older editions. There is even a reference to floppy disks! There are also lots of references telling you to buy their other book Patent It Yourself for a full description. They do this quite a bit. They even say this in the other book I purchased How to Make Patent Drawings: A Patent It Yourself Companion. I couldn't believe it! I bought that book because I thought it would cover everything about the drawings. I honestly wish I had bought Patent It Yourself instead. Even though I'm not filing a full patent yet. The other thing that annoys me in this book is that there is no section that simply outlines the structure of a PPA. They do it over a series of chapters. But they don't have a simple outline to follow once you have read all those chapters. The last half of the book (actually more than half) has nothing but other people's Provisional Patent Apps. Every single one of which you can find for free online. They also don't provide a CD or downloadable document template. They even have a few sample legal documents like Non Disclosures and Joint Ownership. But they expect you to photocopy these out of the book which measures approximately 7" x 9". How unprofessional would that look walking into a meeting to license your idea? Overall I found the book to be quite bare and the victim of too many sloppy edition updates. Save yourself the money and just buy Patent It Yourself. Follow this Book's Content, and Get a Provisional Patent Pending in 24 Hours January 8, 2008 I followed this book's content, and indeed got a Patent Pending in 24 Hours. It is important to note that applying for a patent is an overwhelming and intimidating, yet absolutely worthwhile effort. By its nature it is complicated, and it is better to hire professional Intellectual Property (IP) people to do serious work that follows after you file an application - which is really just a DATE STEMP- ensuring that you have 12 months to be recognized as the owner of the idea and to do the full fledge job of getting the Patent Grant. I found Chapter 1 helpful since most of people who are interested in Provisional Patent Application (PPA) will find this helpful, and it does break the ice. I am told that majority of applications are PPAs and for Utility Patents. Chapter 2 (which does not need to worry you) talks about seven hurdles you need to pass. Chapter 3 is about a search for previous inventions that might negate your chance of getting a PPA approved and converted into a Patent Grant, and Patent Grant is the name of the game. But Patent Grants take a lot more effort, and again, in my not so humble opinion, I think that it is much easier to pay what it costs and get professionals do it for you. Chapters 4 and 5 are easy to read and easy to follow. Chapter 6 is about Electronic Filing, and I think the most important part of this book for those who really want to do what PPAs are all about and want to do it on line in a "Do It Yourself" fashion. I hope that this chapter is beefed up with some more practical "Do It Yourself" Oriented approach in the next edition. Even though I think that this does do the job! Let me, as a person with one patent grant and several PPAs, "Patent Pendings", share my experience: Use the Toll Free Number listed for the USPTO.GOV as much as you need or like. You find helpful and nice people trying to really help. NOTE: Most electronic files MUST BE in Adobe PDF format! Microsoft Word (.doc format) is not enough. And you must have a minimum of a Cover Page, specifications and Figures in your submittal, and a valid credit card. In 2007, for an individual of small company it costs $105 to file a PPA of less than 20 pages or so. Seriously consider getting a Customer Number, and do what it takes to be able to do PAIR on line, if you will be filing several patents on your own. My special thanks to Patent Experts at Sunnyvale California Public Library for their introductory lectures and immense help to me, and others regarding patents process. Bruce Razban, Founder, President Razban Internet International (RII) Disappointed in examples December 13, 2007 There were three major problems with this book. The first has to do with drawing requirements. The book doesn't tell you whether or not you need professionally rendered drawings in the style required by the USPTO. (It turns out, you don't...hand drawings are acceptable.) The second problem is the exampes provided of provisional patents. They each consist of a long block of text without a correct sequence of subject headings and drawings, probabably for the reason that the reader might just copy the same format where other formats that differ slightly might also be acceptable. In my thinking, I would rather have a template as a starting point than none at all. The third problem, also with the examples, is that each is a radically unique idea whose description can be conveyed with everyday language. None show the rigorous language required by incremental advances to prior art in a modern-day patent. I eventually gave up on this book in frustration.

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