Is there a provisional patent application procedure?

The provisional patent application procedure at the INPI, available from July 1, 2020, offers the possibility of filing a patent application in provisional form.

This simplified and inexpensive procedure compared to a traditional patent application does not create a new industrial property title but allows companies wishing to protect their innovations to initiate the filing of a patent application.

By filing a simple technical description of the invention, the provisional patent application grants anticipation date and give birth to a right of priority. From the date of filing, the depositor thus has a period of 12 months if he wishes to proceed with compliance with a view to obtaining a patent or transformation into a utility certificate.

What are the bespoke of the provisional patent application?

Simplified formalism : allows you to defer the submission of documents (claims and abstract), allows you to file in a foreign language
12 month priority period
Possibility of using the mention “patent application filed”
Inexpensive procedure (26 or 13 € if the depositor benefits from the reduced rate for individuals, SMEs, research organizations)

Consult: Special case the provisional patent application

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I filed a patent without waiting for the response to my employer's classification proposal, what are my rights?

Any employee invention must be notified by a declaration to the employer, who has a period of two months to agree to the classification provided for in the declaration (mission inventions, excluding assignable missions and non-attributable missions) .

Is it possible to exploit a patent following the closure of the company that owned it?

When the company closes, various events affecting the life of the patent can occur (transfer of the patent, legal liquidation of the company, etc.). They are usually registered in the national patent register.

How to evaluate the price of a license to use a patent?

In terms of remuneration, within the framework of a patent exploitation licence, the parties benefit from the greatest freedom.