Once a provisional application is made, the patent is not automatically granted

Property provided that a foreign inventor shall have a year after the first foreign filing to file a patent in another jurisdiction.

A Provisional Patent Application (PPA) is usually filed when the invention has reached a stage where it can be disclosed in writing by making an application. Full disclosure of information within the claims doesn’t need to be made since the aim is not to establish the entire working of the invention; instead, it is only to claim the priority date.

Once the application is made, it needs to be followed by an application of complete specification within twelve months from the filing date of the provisional application. It is vital to know that there is nothing of the sort of a provisional patent or a complete patent. These are only the application procedures for obtaining a formal patent.

A few points, as mentioned below, should be taken into account at the time of filing a provisional application.