Patent Pending in 24 Hours Eighth Edition

Firstly, I want to state that I think this book is quite informative and well worth the purchase for the inventor trying to put together a PPA. It's written in clear and simple language. I'd buy it again if I had to do things over.But with that said, note that the majority of this book consists of examples and references (from multiple appendices). The actual step-by-step content comprises only 1/3 of the entire book. In other words, the instruction of this book is only about 160 pages (much less if you take out the text from the case studies - my guess is about 90 pages), while the appendices span another 280 pages). I don't think this is deceptive on the part of the author... including an array of sample PPAs can be helpful for a wide audience, it's just that this ratio of content-to-appendix is quite unconventional for a non-academic/technical publication.TLDR: Great book, but most of it is case studies (without followup by the author) and references for further research.

I was guided by this book in submitting my Provisional Patent, but DON'T BE FOOLED by the title, it will take a LOT longer to file your Provisional Patent if you register with the Patent and Trade Office, which is a smart way to go because you can follow your progress online! The registration process takes over a week because it is a two-step process and you must wait for the Office to respond to your registration submission. That said, I DO recommend buying this book!

Great information that is going to help me accomplish this on my own!

By the time I read this, I had read all of the free information online and watched a ton of videos supplied by the patent offices website. I knew practically all of the information and more than half of the book is examples of really old provisional patents and their non provisionals. Problem is that they are resized to be small and the majority of the illustrations are not present. It is much easier to search online for more recent examples of non provisional patents. It does not focus on any of the how to’s or reason why you should include claims and ultimately I got less out of it than I expected. Some amusing facts are included. I still didn’t know how to web file after reading this so still had to call the patent office for clarification and exact documentation needed.

I looked at this book's title and thought it seemed like it could be helpful but perhaps too difficult to read. I have been surprised by the book's readability. Being new to patent processes, I'm learning a lot!

Although the title is somewhat misleading: it's almost impossible to submit a high quality provisional patent from scratch in 24 hours, the book contains very useful information for anyone who does not have in-depth knowledge of the provisional patent. The book is easy to read and understand. It's written in plain English.

I am working on patenting and new to the game. I really think he has a good book here but I wanted something short and simple. I guess I need to buckle down and I am sure I will be happy to get all the info, when I finish and get my patent.

Would be nice to have a version about ONLY the new patent laws!I do wish they had more info on actual REAL WORLD PPA's instead of using examples from 100+ years ago (when they didn't even have PPA's), but it still gets the point across. But I would like to see more variety on PPA's (not just printouts of regular patent applications like the book is full of). I would like to see a lot of examples of how much and how little you can get away with in a PPA. So it is lacking a certain completeness.