On May 11th of 2011 my patent attorney filed a Provisional Patent for my invention. This filing locked in the starting date that the intellectual property was patent protected and made it Patent Pending. Once the provisional is filed, you have exactly one year to decide if you want to pursue a Utility Patent. The Utility Patent application was filed on May 11th, 2012. The process from beginning to end takes between two and three years depending on the complexity of the patent and how busy the patent office is. This Tuesday, November 12th my Utility Patent is finally being issued!
When you file a U.S. Provisional Patent application the clock starts ticking towards the deadline to file for international patents. The 30 month deadline was this month so I recently wrote a big check and applied for patent protection in Australia, Canada and Europe. Within a few weeks, my invention will be Patent Pending in those countries.
Three weeks ago I started a live test of the system and will comment on that next.
Thanks for your interest.
Bob
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