I guess probably a dozen times a day I go to the USPTO web site. I go to the home page, and then I click around until I find what I need (for example Private PAIR).
Now we all know there is no such thing as a “provisional patent”, right? Yes there is such a think as a “provisional patent application”. But there is no such thing as a “provisional patent:.
I just now noticed an astonishing thing about the main page of the USPTO. The home page of the USPTO invites the visitor to search for information on a “provisional patent”.