Pro se personnel are available to meet with applicants to answer patentrelated questions and assist in filing their applications. Each patent application has several forms that must be filled out and submitted.A list of these forms can be found here. The computerdelivered examination includes 100 multiplechoice questions, of which 90 are scored. Most importantly, patent applications must be filed within one year of the date an invention is publicly disclosed. BU's Technology Development office is here support you from idea conception to patent filing, monitoring, and maintenance. Discusses the patent process and marketing of your idea as well as promoting your product. The legal answer is, of course, yes. Thomas Jefferson filed his own patent application, as have many inventors over the last two centuries. Some of your time is required during the preparation stage of the patent application, but you can minimize this if you have a manuscript available.