Priority-focused drafting
A provisional specification written by a claims drafter — describing the invention broadly enough to support the claims you will need in twelve months, not just the prototype you have today.
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Provisional patent application filing
In patent law, the date you file is the date the world stops counting against you. A provisional application secures that date for an invention that is still evolving — buying you twelve months to develop, test, raise funds and refine before the complete specification locks the claims.
WHAT THIS SERVICE IS
Understanding provisional application filing
India's patent system rewards the earliest filer, and prior art is measured against your filing date. Every demo you give, paper you publish and pitch you make before filing is potential prior art against your own application. A provisional application is the instrument that flips that: file first, then talk.
A provisional needs no claims and can describe the invention as it currently stands — but "no claims required" is where most self-filed provisionals go wrong. The complete specification you file within twelve months can only claim what the provisional fairly discloses. A thin provisional gives you a priority date for less than you invented; the later-added material takes only the later date, and anything published in between cuts straight through it.
Our provisionals are therefore drafted as forward-looking documents: a specialist works out not just what you have built, but what the claims will eventually need to say, and makes sure the provisional's disclosure can carry those claims. Variations, alternatives and ranges are written in deliberately, because the version of the invention you ship in month eleven is rarely the version you described in month one.
The twelve months that follow are an asset in themselves. "Patent pending" status is real and citable from day one — in investor decks, on packaging, in negotiations. The deadline for the complete specification is calendared with reminders on our side, not just yours, because that date is unextendable and missing it abandons the application.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
Everything this engagement covers
Drawings and embodiments
Figures prepared to Patent Office requirements, plus alternative embodiments written in so the complete specification has room to move.
Same-day e-filing at the Indian Patent Office
Form 1, the provisional specification and every supporting form filed electronically, with the application number back to you as soon as it issues.
Correct fee-category claim
Startup, small-entity or educational-institution status claimed with Form 28 and the right evidence, so you pay the reduced government schedule from the first filing.
Foreign-filing licence check
If any inventor is resident in India, the foreign-filing permission rules are checked before you take the invention abroad — an easy criminal-liability trap for the unadvised.
Twelve-month docketing
The complete-specification deadline calendared with staged reminders, and a mid-period review call to decide how the invention has moved and what the complete should claim.
WHO THIS IS FOR
You'll recognise yourself here
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Founders about to pitch, demo or launch who need a filing date before they go public
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Inventors whose invention is working but still changing
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Startups using "patent pending" in fundraising and marketing
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Researchers publishing soon — the provisional goes in before the paper goes out
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Companies staging patent spend: secure the date now, commit to full drafting once the market signal is clearer
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HOW IT RUNS
The process, step by step
Disclose
A confidential session captures the invention, its variations and where it is likely to evolve.
Draft
The provisional specification and figures are drafted claims-forward and reviewed with you.
File
E-filed with Form 1, Form 28 where a reduced category applies, and the priority date is yours.
Develop
You build for up to twelve months under patent-pending status, with the complete-specification deadline docketed and a strategy review before it falls due.
A note on timelines: How long each stage takes varies with the invention, the route you choose and the Patent Office's workload — your specialist gives you a current, honest estimate at the start, and updates it as the file moves.
WHERE IT GOES WRONG
The mistakes this service exists to prevent
The thin provisional
A two-page description filed in a hurry gives you a two-page priority date. Claims in the complete specification that reach beyond it take only the later date — and your own launch in between becomes prior art against them.
Treating twelve months as a soft deadline
The complete specification deadline is not extendable. Miss it and the application is deemed abandoned — with the provisional's disclosure now on the record.
Publishing the week before filing
The order of operations is everything. File first, publish second — even one conference slide the other way round can be cited against you.
Forgetting the foreign-filing rules
Indian-resident inventors need permission (or a six-week wait after an Indian filing) before filing abroad first. The penalty provisions are criminal, not administrative.
SERVICE FAQ
Asked about provisional application filing
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Ask on WhatsAppDoes a provisional application give me enforceable rights?
Not by itself — no patent exists until grant. What it gives you is the priority date, the "patent pending" status, and a place in the queue. Damages, once the patent grants, can reach back to publication of the application, which is one more reason an early date matters.
Can I file a provisional myself and have you do the complete later?
Yes, and we regularly inherit self-filed provisionals. Be aware of the risk you carry in between: if the provisional's disclosure is thin, no drafting skill at the complete stage can recover the priority date for what it failed to describe. If you do self-file, use our document checklist tool and describe everything, including variations.
What does the government charge for a provisional?
The same application fee as any patent filing — the fee calculator on this site shows your category's amount. There is no separate "provisional fee"; the complete specification filed later does not pay the application fee again, though examination and other request fees apply when you reach them.
What if the invention changes completely during the twelve months?
If it has moved beyond what the provisional can support, we tell you honestly: sometimes the right move is a fresh application with a new date, sometimes a complete specification claiming the overlap plus new material at its own date. The mid-period review exists precisely to make that call with time to act.
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