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Full Patent Protection vs. a Provisional Patent Application

TraskBritt Intellectual Property

If a provisional application is not followed by a non-provisional patent application claiming priority to the provisional patent application, the disclosure to the patent office will remain unpublished and confidential.

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Tesla’s Lasers on Vehicle Patent

TraskBritt Intellectual Property

Second, if the invention is possibly patentable, a patent attorney will be best situated to determine how to obtain patent protection. Third, a patent attorney will be able to assist inventors and associated parties in navigating the confidentiality obligations that accompany filing a patent application.

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ChatGPT and Intellectual Property (IP) related Topics

LexBlog IP

Without a confidentiality agreement in place, such disclosure would likely be considered to be public. Patents: Drafting In view of the above, patent drafters should be careful as to what information (if any) is provided to ChatGPT. Your conversations may be reviewed by our AI trainers to improve our systems.”