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Can you please explain this sentence briefly:":In order to obtain the benefit of the filing date of a provisional application, the claimed subject matter in the later filed non-provisional application must have support in the provisional application"

Should put claims in provisional patent or not advisable,or just a complete description is enough.Thanks

Answer
As I said in a previous answer, claims are not required in the provisional. Sometimes I include them, often I write them for future inclusion to help hone the description, but then don't include them with the provisional. David Pressman, author, "Patent It Yourself" by Nolo Press of Berkeley, California, says he does not include claims in the provisionals he writes.

I respectfully suggest you rely on that text, not Google. Google is the outfit that places ads for doubtful invention marketing companies on allexperts.com, especially on my profile page, so I wouldn't trust them on anything!

Best wishes,

George H. Morgan

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George H. Morgan, P.E., Patent Agent

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U.S. Patent Law only, no copyright or trademark qualification. I was a volunteer in the past, but my homeland defense activities pulled me away at times, and I was dropped. If you want me back, I am willing to come back.

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Thirty one years as a Registered U.S. Patent Agent and a lifetime in product and manufacturing process and methods development as well as sales and marketing of new products with a number of blue chip corporations.

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Rotary, Society of Automotive Engineers, American Army Aviation Association, Registered Professional Engineer, St. Vincent De Paul Society, Indiana Guard Reserve Officer

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Various Society of Manufacturing Engineers & Society of Automotive Engineers technical publications. Ref. my web site: http://www.evansville.net/biz/patagent

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B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Machine Design Option), L.S.U., Baton Rouge, Louisiana; M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Heat Transfer and Thermodynamics Option), University of Missouri at Rolla, Missouri, Helicopter Maintenance Course, 18 weeks, Ft. Sill Army Aviation School, Troop Information and Education Leadership Course, Ft. Sill, Oklahoma, Numerous Society of Automotive Engineers Seminars, Dale Carnegie Management Training Instructors Course.

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Bausch & Lomb Science Award, Indiana Homeland Defense Service Ribbon, 2003.

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