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03/23/19 1:07 AM

#238 RE: AISI304 #234

It's a Nothing Burger. There are clues, though, in the news release.

"A provisional patent application (PPA) is a patent application that can be used by a patent applicant to secure a filing date while avoiding the costs associated with the filing and prosecution of a non-provisional patent application."

"What are the benefits of filing a PPA?

A PPA essentially provides a one-year extension as to the filing of a U.S. non-provisional patent application. In doing so, a PPA provides an applicant with an additional year to experiment, perfect an invention, find financial backers, determine sales potential, find interested parties for licensing, etc. before filing his/her non-provisional application. Because a PPA is not examined, an applicant can also avoid the costs associated with prosecuting a non-provisional application during this one-year period."

https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/newsletter/inventors-eye/provisional-patent-application-what-you-need-know