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[Jp]

Are there any associations between a Provisional Patent Application and Design Patent, that apply or will provide a similar protection regarding preserving the inventors rights for a year?

[andromat]

Here's a previous discussion on a related subject to get you started:

http://www.intelproplaw.com/ip_forum/index.php/topic,12088.msg56090.html#msg56090

[Jp]

I am going to have to get some brain food in me to bring clarity to what there saying, but I have got a general idea of what it is there talking about, . . .

However, I don't think it is directly related to my question, . .

I think my question is,  . .(and it would seem to me that a PP, is little more that an expensive document disclosure, . . at one time had for the price of $10.50,
including a copy returned to you with a file number from the U.S.P.T.O. DD Office, etc.) But, will the Provisional Patent Application stand up to a Design Claim, and if so, Can both a Utility Claim be filed for the same invention, (now that you mention it), and in that case, . . if so Can you then take this to a Pat. Attorney, . . whereby you might get some advice as to which one should be filed first ?