Format of a Patent Application The Specification. The Title. The Description. The Claims. The Drawings. The Abstract. Sample Specifications. Minimum Requirements for a Filing Date.
In clear, full, and concise terms) necessary to define the invention. – The body of the claim is not merely a list of components/parts or steps. The body of the claim should also recite how the essential elements are interrelated.
Patents have been used in their modern definition since the 1500s to provide inventors the exclusive right to produce and sell their inventions. Some famous examples of products that have been patented include: The Telephone: Patented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876. The Lightbulb: Patented in 1878 by Thomas Edison.
General rules. Chicago Style – notes and bibliography (17th ed.) requires the following elements to be given when referencing a patent: author of the patent (inventor), title, country, patent number, date when the application was filed, and date when the patent was issued.