A regular Non-Patent Application has all the advantages and legal protection your intellectual property will need to avoid your idea being copied however, this application is more complicated and definitely will cost you more compared to a USPTO ( U.S. Patent and Trademark Office) Provisional Patent Application. In this sense, there are many advantages too for you to choose in filing a Provisional Patent Application (PPA) first before a regular patent for, a PPA is valid for one year costs less to file and also don't require much formalities to be granted. During its twelve months validity, a PPA will also prevent anyone else copying your idea and during this time, you may start validating your idea and begin its virtual prototyping. Before you spend more time and money on designing your prototype, you should prioritize the protection of your idea and proceed to register your PPA which would also establish your Intellectual Property's earlier filing date.
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You must be aware too that any additions or variations that is not included in your provisional patent application is not covered by the benefits of your PPA. You should ask any idea new product engineering company you approach like us here in Long Island-New York, to immediately sign a full None-Disclosure Agreement with you prior to your discussing details of your idea with them. Be wary always that your idea can always be stolen from you or worse, beaten by someone who develops a better version and beats you to filing a PPA for it. You will end up developing an inferior product.
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Your idea's validation is also one of the essential steps you must perform in the early stages of your idea's inventing process. Hiring a professional idea into prototype engineering firm like us here in NYC, you can avoid guessing every next step you'd have to take. We have over 3 decades of successful new product development to ensure your end product will be cost effective, future proofed and 100% profitable. Let us help to turn your ideas into reality, Contact Us!
