PatentPro® is software designed for Microsoft Windows® that allows you to patent your idea with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.  It takes you, step-by-step, through a sequence of interactive sections and makes the patent application process easy to understand.  When you are finished, PatentPro produces a properly formatted printed patent application and contains all the materials and checklists needed to file the application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

PatentPro also helps you:
• Prepare a provisional patent application
• Understand Business Method Patents
• Learn from Hall of Fame patents
• Understand the laws governing patents
• Assess whether your idea can be patented
• And much more

PatentPro is recommended for inventors, engineers, entrepreneurs, researchers, software developers, programmers, and small and medium business owners who are looking for an affordable and effective way to obtain patent protection for their invention.

PatentPro has the most comprehensive set of tools for writing a patent application and automatically generates much of the application for you.  PatentPro has had from the beginning automated claim drafting and was the first software to generate claims using input from the inventor. And unlike other patent application software, PatentPro has a proven track record of aiding thousands of individuals in submitting patent applications and has successfully helped inventors receive patents on their inventions.  To learn more please visit the Issued Patents section on our website.

No, PatentPro is easy-to-use.  The software divides the patent application process into a series of short steps, with easy to understand instructions and checklists.  Step-by-step, PatentPro guides you through the patent application process allowing you to effectively write your own patent application.  Many of the sections are written for you, requiring only minor editing.  When you are finished, PatentPro contains all the materials needed to file your own patent application with the United States Patent and Trademark office.

• Windows 98, 2000, Me, XP or Vista
• Pentium 200, minimum, or Pentium II (recommended)
• RAM: 24 MB, minimum (at least 32 MB recommended)
• Hard Disk Space: 65 MB (minimum install), 180 MB (full install)
• Double-speed CD-ROM drive
• SVGA with minimum 256 colors, 800 x 600 resolution
• Adobe Acrobat Reader 4 (v. 5.0 included)
• Printer

Technical support is available to registered customers only.  The best way to contact technical support is through support@patentpro.us following the instructions below.  In most cases technical support will return your email in a matter of minutes to hours during the business day.  However, if this is not possible we will respond to all support requests within 24 business hours.

• For verification purposes please provide the same name used to order the product, your city, and state (or province if applicable).
• Include a telephone number where you can be reached between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Central U.S. Time.  In some cases we may respond by telephone if we believe this will resolve your difficulties more efficiently.
• Include your product version number, which can be found in the About Box of all PatentPro products.
• Describe the problem in detail

Yes. 
PatentPro creates a disclosure document describing your invention that can be filed as a "provisional application for patent" by sending it to the Patent Office with a Provisional Application for Patent Cover Sheet and an $100.00 fee for a small entity.  Because the disclosure requirements for a provisional application are the same as those for a full blown utility application, the method used in PatentPro prepares a complete document that can later be converted into a full patent application.  No declaration, however, is required.  In addition, no claims are required in the provisional, though the claims generated with PatentPro may be submitted with the provisional application. 

Fees are subject to change. The current fee for a provisional application for patent can be found on the USPTO website fee page. USPTO Contact Center (UCC) customer service representatives are available Monday through Friday (except Federal holidays) at 800-786-9199 to provide fee information. Payment by check or money order must be made payable to "Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office".

Mail the provisional application and filing fee to:

Commissioner for Patents
P. O. Box 1450
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450

All the patent forms are available on-line at the Patent Office website in Adobe .pdf format.  Many of them are fillable pdf's that you can input data directly onto the document.  Some commonly used forms are:

Utility Patent Application Transmittal (PTO/SB/05)
Fee Transmittal (PTO/SB/17)
Declaration for Utility or Design Patent Application (PTO/SB/01)
Declaration (Additional Inventors) (PTO/SB/02)
Non-publication Request under 35 U.S.C. section 122 (PTO/SB/35)
Invention Disclosure Statement page 1  and page 2 (PTO/SB/08A and B) 

No, PatentPro prepares a utility patent application.  Copyrights and trademarks may be sought using forms at the Copyright Office and the Trademark Office.  For more information, consult Resources and Links.  An ornamental design patent application covers only the appearance of an article and does not cover its function.  For more information about design patents, go to the Patent Office website. www.uspto.gov

Yes, PatentPro provides information that enables you to prepare informal drawings.  It is not a Computer Aided Design program (CAD), however, and does not directly prepare the drawings themselves.  For a skilled draftsperson that can prepare formal patent drawings, click here http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/NTP/

Not generally.  PatentPro is Windows compatible.  There are emulation programs available that permit a Mac to run Windows programs, but PatentPro has not been tested on those programs.

PatentPro has information about searching using the Patent Office’s website.  A basic patent search can be performed using that website.  For more information, consult the Patent Office website at www.uspto.gov.

Generally, no.  The patent law precludes the filing of a patent on an invention that was known or used by others, or on sale or offered for sale more than one year prior to the filing of a patent application.  For more information, consult the Patent Office website at www.uspto.gov. “Laws and Rules”