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First Person To File An Application Wins!

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First Person To File An Application Wins!

Did you know that Congress changed the Patent Law to have the USA be a “First to File” patent system rather than the “First to Invent”? This means that gone are the days of “Inventors Notebooks” and the endless battles of big companies fighting the little guy “tricking” the system to show THEY invented YOUR idea before YOU did… Even though you know it is not true. The BIG change is that YOU can beat the big companies by filing your provisional patent application when you come up with YOUR idea. See the See the Provisional Patent Video Course now to see how you can take advantage of the new provisional patent application process!

Google Street View Invented by Cal-Tech Students?

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Google Street View Invented by Cal-Tech Students?

Did you know that a few students from Cal Tech thought it would be cool to file a provisional patent application on their inventive idea of taking photos of apartments around campus and linking them with GPS data so folks could take virtual tours to find where they wanted to rent apartments? Sound like Google Street View? Wellll.. It is EXACTLY that.. These two CalTech students stand in line to make zillions on their inventive idea because they got their provisional BEFORE Google put Street View out on the market. You need to know that the concept is simple… Photos of houses and GPS data.. Does not take a rocket scientist to write a provisional patent application for that inventive idea… So… What is YOUR idea?? See the See the Provisional Patent Video Course now!