https://neuralclaim.ai/news/ NeuralClaim AI is a web app for people with an invention or an app idea and no experience. It gives them a map: a plan shaped to their time, budget, resources and location; a coach, Nuro, who teaches the patent and start-up words as they go; NeuralClaim Builder, where they describe what they want in plain words and a working prototype or web app is built, checked in a real browser and shown to them, with the code theirs to download; a dated record of the invention that stays theirs, with a first provisional draft and a packet when it is time to file, themselves or with a patent professional; and grant matching, with a tracker and a drafter, to find funding. One place to build it, protect it and fund it. 2026-09-25T09:00:00-07:00 NeuralClaim AI, Inc.hello@neuralclaim.ai https://neuralclaim.ai/assets/favicon.png Copyright 2026 NeuralClaim AI, Inc. tag:neuralclaim.ai,2026:news/neuralclaim-at-a-glance 2026-09-24T09:00:00-07:00 2026-09-25T09:00:00-07:00 The NeuralClaim teamhello@neuralclaim.ai

NeuralClaim AI is a web app that helps first-time inventors write up an idea in plain language, search patents and papers, and prepare a packet you can file yourself or take to a patent professional. It is made by NeuralClaim AI, Inc., an Arizona company, and you can start free.

<h2>What is NeuralClaim?</h2> <p>NeuralClaim AI is a web app for people with an invention or an app idea and no experience. It gives them a map: a plan shaped to their time, budget, resources and location; a coach, Nuro, who teaches the patent and start-up words as they go; NeuralClaim Builder, where they describe what they want in plain words and a working prototype or web app is built, checked in a real browser and shown to them, with the code theirs to download; a dated record of the invention that stays theirs, with a first provisional draft and a packet when it is time to file, themselves or with a patent professional; and grant matching, with a tracker and a drafter, to find funding. One place to build it, protect it and fund it. It runs in a web browser on a phone or a computer, with nothing to install.</p> <p>Two guides do the work with you. Nuro is your coach: she learns your idea, time, budget, resources and location, builds the plan from those, and shows one next step at a time. Billie is the IP architect: in the Workshop, Billie helps you write your invention down, explains each term when you reach it, and shows you the closest patents and papers.</p> <h2>Who is it for?</h2> <p>First-time inventors, makers and DIY-ers, people getting ready for a lawyer, and startup owners. <a href="https://neuralclaim.ai/who-its-for/">See where each one starts.</a></p> <h2>What does it cost?</h2> <p>You can start free. Spark is $15 a month, Forge is $89 a month, and Self-Starter is $799 per venture every 6 months. <a href="https://neuralclaim.ai/pricing/">Every price is on one page.</a></p> <p>NeuralClaim sets aside scholarships and subsidies for inventors who can't pay full price, funded by reinvested revenue and the founders' own funds. Our goal is for roughly 1 in 3 seats to go to an inventor on a scholarship or a subsidy.</p> <h2>Who runs it?</h2> <p>NeuralClaim AI, Inc. is an Arizona company, converting to a benefit corporation. Questions? Email <a href="mailto:hello@neuralclaim.ai">hello@neuralclaim.ai</a>.</p> <h2>Where can I find the full facts?</h2> <p>The <a href="https://neuralclaim.ai/facts/">NeuralClaim at a glance</a> page lists every fact in one place, with the date we last checked it. When a fact changes, we change it there first.</p> tag:neuralclaim.ai,2026:news/what-is-a-provisional-patent-application 2026-09-24T09:00:00-07:00 2026-09-25T09:00:00-07:00 The NeuralClaim teamhello@neuralclaim.ai

A provisional patent application is a lower-cost first filing with the US Patent and Trademark Office that gives your invention a filing date. It is not examined, and it ends 12 months after filing unless you file a full (nonprovisional) application that claims it.

<h2>What does a provisional application do?</h2> <p>It gives your invention a US filing date with the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The USPTO does not examine it. It is a placeholder that holds your date while you keep working. <a href="https://neuralclaim.ai/news/what-is-a-provisional-patent-application/#src-1">[1]</a></p> <p>After you file, you may describe your invention as "patent pending". <a href="https://neuralclaim.ai/news/what-is-a-provisional-patent-application/#src-1">[1]</a></p> <h2>How long does it last?</h2> <p>12 months from the day you file. To keep that early date, you must file a full application, called a nonprovisional application, that claims the provisional within those 12 months. If you don't, the provisional ends and its date is gone. <a href="https://neuralclaim.ai/news/what-is-a-provisional-patent-application/#src-1">[1]</a></p> <p>The 12 months do not count toward the 20-year term of a patent granted later. <a href="https://neuralclaim.ai/news/what-is-a-provisional-patent-application/#src-1">[1]</a></p> <h2>What does it need to include?</h2> <ul> <li>A written description of your invention, with any drawings needed to understand it. <a href="https://neuralclaim.ai/news/what-is-a-provisional-patent-application/#src-1">[1]</a></li> <li>A cover sheet that says it is a provisional application. <a href="https://neuralclaim.ai/news/what-is-a-provisional-patent-application/#src-1">[1]</a></li> <li>The filing fee. <a href="https://neuralclaim.ai/news/what-is-a-provisional-patent-application/#src-2">[2]</a></li> </ul> <p>The description matters most. A later application can only rely on what the provisional actually describes. US law asks for a description clear and complete enough that someone skilled in your field could make and use the invention. <a href="https://neuralclaim.ai/news/what-is-a-provisional-patent-application/#src-3">[3]</a></p> <h2>What can I leave out?</h2> <p>A provisional does not need formal patent claims, and it does not need an oath or declaration. Because it is not examined, you don't file a list of prior art with it either. <a href="https://neuralclaim.ai/news/what-is-a-provisional-patent-application/#src-1">[1]</a></p> <h2>What does it cost?</h2> <table class="simple"><caption class="visually-hidden">USPTO provisional filing fees</caption> <thead><tr><th scope="col">Who is filing</th><th scope="col">USPTO filing fee</th></tr></thead> <tbody><tr><td>Micro entity</td><td>$65</td></tr><tr><td>Small entity</td><td>$130</td></tr><tr><td>Large entity</td><td>$325</td></tr></tbody> </table> <p>These are the USPTO fees in the fee schedule effective January 19, 2025. Micro entity status has income and other limits, so check the USPTO's rules before you claim it. A lawyer's fees, if you use one, are extra. <a href="https://neuralclaim.ai/news/what-is-a-provisional-patent-application/#src-2">[2]</a></p> <h2>Is a provisional right for every invention?</h2> <p>Provisional applications are for utility inventions: how something works or is made. They are not available for design inventions, which cover how something looks. <a href="https://neuralclaim.ai/news/what-is-a-provisional-patent-application/#src-1">[1]</a></p> <h2>What about sharing my idea before I file?</h2> <p>Showing your invention in public before you file can limit your options. The US gives inventors a limited one-year grace period for their own disclosures, but many other countries give none. <a href="https://neuralclaim.ai/news/what-is-a-provisional-patent-application/#src-4">[4]</a> If you have already shown your invention to people, it is worth finding out what that means for you: a patent attorney or agent, a law school clinic or the USPTO's Patent Pro Bono Program can tell you.</p> <h2>How does NeuralClaim fit in?</h2> <p>NeuralClaim helps you write your invention down, see the closest patents and papers, and learn what each term means as you reach it. When it is time, it prepares a first provisional draft and a packet. You decide whether and how to file.</p><p class="boundary">This is general information about the patent process, not advice about your invention. For your situation, you can ask a registered patent attorney or agent, a law school clinic, or the USPTO's Patent Pro Bono Program.</p>