What is the cheapest reliable method to establish prior art online for an invention if I cannot afford a full patent right now?
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
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What is the cheapest reliable method to establish prior art online for an invention if I cannot afford a full patent right now?
3 real searches · 1 real-search pass
USPTO provisional patent application filing fee micro entity 2026 official fees provisional application requirementsGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDShort fact
USPTO public disclosure prior art provisional patent application does not become prior art until published officialGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDYes / no
USPTO patent public disclosure grace period one year foreign patent rights officialGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (3)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 3 of 3 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT3 real searches · gpt-6
USPTO provisional patent application filing fee micro entity 2026 official fees provisional application requirements Google ↗
USPTO public disclosure prior art provisional patent application does not become prior art until published official Google ↗
USPTO patent public disclosure grace period one year foreign patent rights official Google ↗
- USPTO fee schedule · uspto.gov
- Provisional Application for Patent · uspto.gov
- USPTO Patent Center · patentcenter.uspto.gov
- Applying for Patents · uspto.gov
- Provisional Application for Patent · uspto.gov
- Zenodo · zenodo.org
- Open Science Framework · osf.io
- GitHub · github.com
- 2127-Domestic and Foreign Patent Applications as Prior Art · uspto.gov
- 2153-Prior Art Exceptions Under 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(1) to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) · uspto.gov
- Pursuing international IP protection · uspto.gov
- Google Patents · patents.google.com
Queries
3 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
USPTO provisional patent application filing fee micro entity 2026 official fees provisional application requirements OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Short fact | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
USPTO public disclosure prior art provisional patent application does not become prior art until published official OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Yes / no | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
USPTO patent public disclosure grace period one year foreign patent rights official OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 |