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To: Richard Mazzarella who wrote (13691)	11/2/2001 2:40:27 PM
From: Karl Zetmeir	Respond to of 14226

Generally it is the inventor himself that prepares a provisional patent. Since you aren't reciting either Claims or Prior Art, you can throw virtually anything in from soup to nuts. Ultimately, the final patent needs to be line with the "teachings" of the provisional patent. To continue on with Pat. Pending status, a formal patent must be filed within the 12 months. If the inventor doesn't know what his invention is about and can write about it succinctly enough to file a description ... who can? BTW ... a provisional patent is more of a date registration than anything else. I don't believe any Examiner even looks at it until a complete patent is filed. I have filed 3 provisional patents within the past few months.