What is the difference between a US Provisional Patent or Design Patent?
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A provisional patent is better referred to a provisional patent application, because provisional patents per se don't exist, meaning they never issue as patents but only serve as the basis for filing a regular or international patent application, which can later mature into a national or regional patent capable of protecting a well defined technical solution. A design patent is something altogether different as this protects the ornamental aspects of an industrial design and not the functional elements.
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