You'll learn a little about the different application types in this module.

• Learn the fundamentals of national, international patents and Patent Cooperation Treaty applications (PCT). Foreign filing requirements will also be covered.
  
  
• There are two parent application types; nonprovisional and provisional. Learn the differences between the two and what their major requirements are.
  
  
• There are many subsequent patent application types. These include divisionals, continuing, C-I-P's, CPA's, substitutes, RCE's and reissues. There are also SIRs which were repealed in the America Invents Act (AIA).