File Before Your Crowdfunding Campaign Goes Live
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File a sufficiently detailed US provisional before launching a crowdfunding campaign if you want an early filing date for the invention you disclose. A public campaign may affect patentability, and Patent Pending applies only after an application has actually been filed.
Why is the campaign page a patent milestone?
Videos, diagrams, demonstrations, and reward offers can create disclosure or sale-related issues. Do not assume a US grace period will preserve foreign rights or cover every circumstance.
Can Patent Pending reassure backers?
It can communicate that an application is filed, not that the product is patented, approved, or impossible to copy. A provisional grants no enforceable patent rights.
How should campaign timing affect your roadmap?
A provisional lasts 12 months even if production slips. Have a patent attorney review the campaign disclosures and plan the corresponding nonprovisional and any international filings before deadlines.
Before you publish the campaign, use GetQuickPatent to draft your provisional in minutes and arrange a thorough review before filing.
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