<div dir="auto">Expired provisional applications should only be available to the public after a non-provisional claiming priority is published. Some inventors who are hurting for funds may choose to let a provisional expire, losing the priority date, allowing them to delay filing a PCT application until after the 1-year period. That wouldn't work if the provisional were published.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span style="color:black;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I thought provisional applications were made public after expiration.</span><span style="color:black;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p></div></div></blockquote></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">-Jeff</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Jeffrey E. Semprebon</div><div dir="auto">Semprebon Patent Services</div><div dir="auto"><a href="http://www.semprebonps.com">www.semprebonps.com</a></div><div dir="auto">72 Myrtle Street</div><div dir="auto">Claremont, New Hampshire 03743</div><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"></div></div>