Correction of Patents Once the patent is granted, it is outside the jurisdiction of the USPTO except in a few respects. The Office may issue without charge a certificate correcting a clerical error it has made in the patent when the printed patent does not correspond to the record in the Office. These are mostly…
Provisional Patent Application Basics It is a lower-cost first patent filing in the United States and provides U.S. applicants parity with foreign applicants under the GATT Uruguay Round Agreements. It is not required to have a formal patent claim or an oath or declaration. Provisional applications also should not include any information disclosure (prior art) statement since provisional…
