What measures should be taken during the year following the filing of a provisional patent application?

The 12-month period following the filing a provisional application is a time to confirm the original findings, generate additional findings to fill in any knowledge gaps, develop working prototypes, or increase the technology readiness level of the invention. You will only have about 8-months to accumulate additional data to support the claims in the provisional application since the patent attorney will need tine to draft the non-provisional containing that data. You should also report any subsequent manuscripts, papers, patents or abstracts related to the invention to IEIP.