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Can a provisional patent application by itself issue into a U.S. patent?

April 26, 2017application ISSUE patent provisional

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Can a provisional patent application by itself issue into a U.S. patent?

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No. A formal (non-provisional) patent application must be filed in order to receive a U.S. patent for your invention. It is recommended that inventors hire a patent attorney to draft the formal patent application.