Provisional patent
Make a date to protect your invention easily and inexpensively
Why file a provisional patent?
You don’t have the budget for a conventional patent application?
You’re worried that someone else might file a patent while you’re developing your prototype?
The provisional patent allows you to make a date quickly with a reduced budget.
Offset by a year the cost of the conventional patent procedure, which requires a full specification and detailed claims, and
take the time to check whether this patent is worthwhile, in complete security !
+ Simple + Fast - Expensive
26€ fees, reduced formalities… The provisional patent application is an INPI simplified procedure for protecting inventions.
This gives you early access to a prior art date for an innovation, even at an extremely early stage of R&D.
After one year, you can choose to transform it into a regular patent or abandon it.
One year is the ideal time for :
- Developing a prototype
- Validate a proof of concept (POC)
- Assessing the invention’s market potential
- Start marketing to validate
SAVE THE DATE!
You can now communicate about the invention. This is often crucial for start-ups.
The provisional application can be attached to confidentiality agreements.
And all with the benefit of legal precedence!
