How to get a Patent Pending Number

Qualifying Products and Services

You can get a Patent Pending Number for any "New" and "Inventive" product or service, including a new:

• app / software / website;
• recipe or method of preparing a foodstuff;
• composition (e.g. cosmetic or cleaning product);
• board game;
• business method;
• energy generator; and
• clothing garment.

Most successful products today owe their success to once being marked "Patent Pending". This gave them room to breathe and grow.

Tip: Get a Patent Pending Number before starting a Kickstarter or IndieGoGo crowdfunding campaign.

Steps to get a Patent Pending Number

Example of completed forms ⇨

Get a Patent Pending Number in 5 easy steps:

1. enter the applicant's name and address;
2. enter the inventor's name;
3. sign forms;
4. upload a document describing your invention / product; and
5. pay US$99.

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Nothing further is required from you. Within a couple of business days, we will send you a Patent Pending Number. There are no further payments or actions, and no obligations are imposed on you.

Rights and countries

Patent Pending Numbers are regulated by the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property.

Patent Pending Numbers give you the legal right:

• publicly to disclose / sell / use your invention / product without impacting your right to patent it;
• to mark your product / service "Patent Pending" worldwide; and
• to file corresponding complete patents in the following 177 countries during the next 12 months:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican, Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea‐Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Holy See, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San, Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra, Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Thailand, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and, Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, United States of America, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Where to file

According to the Paris Convention, the Patent Pending Number document must be filed in a country that is a member of the Paris Convention ("Member Country"). However, you are free to select any Member Country in which to file. No Member Country may discriminate against you on the basis that your Patent Pending Number was obtained from another Member Country.

We have:

• identified the Member Country that: offers the most affordable Patent Pending Numbers; and processes Patent Pending Numbers electronically;
• developed software that integrates directly with that Member Country's electronic processing system; and
• teamed up with the most sophisticated patent law firm in that Member Country to facilitate filing of Patent Pending Numbers electronically.

This enables us to offer Patent Pending Numbers at the lowest cost available worldwide. It matters not where you are. Everyone can now get a Patent Pending Number for only US$99.

Secrecy

The documents you file with your Patent Pending Number application are kept secret. In fact, they are kept in a vault in an official Patent Office of a Member Country. No one may obtain a copy. The only information about your Patent Pending Number that a competitor may access is:

• the title;
• the filing date;
• the inventor's name; and
• the applicant's name and address.

Guaranteed Patent Pending Number

Your Patent Pending Number documents are not subject to any search or examination. As long as:

• the forms have been completed correctly; and
• a document describing the invention / product has been lodged, a Patent Pending Number will be issued.