Short film · 0:47
The Line
An inventor finishes a gadget and finds everyone else is inventing too. Why the filing date matters under first-inventor-to-file.
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Patent Minutes
Short videos on how patent applications work, about a minute each.
Explainer · 1:11
What is a provisional patent application?
The filing date, the 12-month window, what a provisional does and does not do, and why its content matters.
Provisional applications →Explainer · 1:50
What is a nonprovisional patent application?
The parts of a U.S. nonprovisional utility application, how claims work, what happens during examination, and how an allowed application becomes a patent.
Patent services →General information, not legal advice. Videos include AI-generated imagery.
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