Understanding Provisional Patent Applications: Your One-Year Head Start.

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What Is a Provisional Patent Application?

A provisional patent application (PPA) is a filing with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) that establishes your filing date (if you do it right, including enabling a person of ordinary skill in the art to create your invention using only the PPA).

They are explained at length in this article on Innovation Cafe.

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