Patent Pending in 24 Hours | 
| Authors: Richard Stim, David Pressman
Publisher: NOLO
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ISBN: 1413305113
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Product 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.
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 Quick, entertaining, and complete August 14, 2003
Bert Poly (Apex, NC USA)
38 out of 41 found this review helpful
Just what I needed! I can protect my idea, try to market it, and then determine if I should invest in an official patent. This book describes how to prepare a Provisional Patent Application (PPA) which will guard your idea for 12 months while you try to prove the worth of your idea. Only 3% of patents make any money for the inventor. Submitting a PPA to the U.S. Patent Office protects your idea, but doesn't require the investment of a full patent. The book goes into detail about how to prepare a PPA, what steps to take, what forms to include, and gives lots of examples. Sidebars tell entertaining patent-related stories. Recommended!
Good Introduction to Provisional Patent Applications January 13, 2006
B. Ward (Florida)
33 out of 34 found this review helpful
I'm a budding inventor who wanted to protection for a children's toy I invented recently. Using this book, I filed a patent application in about 15 hours.
To understand the value of this book, you need to understand that there are two types of patent applications.
The first is a Provisional Patent Application (PPA) which is an informal patent application that simply establishes a filing date and allows you to legally use "patent pending" for 1 year, when sharing your invention with others and testing its marketability. The second is a Regular Patent Application (RPA). This is a formal application at which the Patent Office looks closely and can result in patent protection for the next 20 years if it's granted. The PPA costs $100 for most, and the RPA costs thousands upon thousands.
This book helps you file a Provisional Patent Application (PPA).
I found it to be very clear, and told me what I had to do. It assumes you know nothing. I found it's example illustrations very helpful as I made up drawings, and particularly helpful was how to navigate the US Patent and Trademark Office site to download and fill out applications. It also gave some good tips for patent searching. The sample PPA, a doll that has "light-up" tears, gave me a good idea how to write the PPA.
I did find, however, that the author constantly uses phrases like "For more information, see my book "Patent it Yourself" which I found a little frustrating. I ended up finding a copy of Patent It Yourself in the library to get some of my questions answered.
Also, some foreign offices require information that is not explained in Patent Pending in 24 Hours (at least one "claim"), so I had to use Patent It Yourself to get this information, and include it in my PPA, so in this respect, Patent Pending in 24 Hours is not complete if you want international protection eventually.
I recommend that you get both Patent It Yourself and Patent Pending in 24 hours if you want all your questions answered. They both contain information not found in the other.
Solid practical information. February 25, 2004
21 out of 22 found this review helpful
This book is a solid introduction to the provisional patent application (PPA) process. By the end of the book you will be able to develop your invention and file a ppa. For instance, I filed a PPA within 24 hours of purchasing the book. The language is very clear, and there is also a clear example running through the chapters that provides another effective pedagogical tool for conveying the information.Note, eventually you will have to follow the regular patent application process, however, this step is a great way to protect your idea without spending thousands of dollars on legal fees while you evaluate the commercial merit.
Yes, I got to patent pending in 24hrs January 15, 2006
Graham Robertson (Minneapolis, MN USA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This book is very well written and shows you exactly how to write your patent step by step. I followed the instructions, wrote my patent, asked an intelligent friend to review it and filed it according to the instructions. A fews weeks later I was awarded my patent pending. Now I've got to see if I can make some money from my product within the year to afford to file a full patent.
 Good reference but dated and incomplete January 14, 2008
Kevio
3 out of 3 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.
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