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Q: Is the USPTO considering methods to help independent inventors to enforce their patents in court? It is difficult for most independent inventors to handle the financial and legal requirements for patent cases?

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» Provisional applications are interim patent applications that many inventors find useful. Explore the in's and out's of provisional applications in this section.

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Temporary Patent? 394
Renewal of Provisionals? 393
20-Year Clock from a Provisional Application? 382
Pros and Cons of Provisionals? 1191
Provisional Abandonment? 929
Provisional vs. Non-provisional? 417
Filing More than 1 Provisional Application? 321
One Provisional into Two Non-Provisionals? 342
Timing of the Patent Processing with Provisional? 319
Two Inventions in a Provisional? 421
Patent Search Before Filing a Provisional? 392
How do I get a Provisional Patent Application? 396
Additionial Info in Non-Provisional? 407
Should any Claims be Stated in a Provisional Application? 373