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.
The Poor Man's Patent Is Obsolete Being the first to invent will no longer save you is someone else filed first. So even if you did write out the idea for your invention and mailed it to yourself, that date would not matter.
Meeting with IP Stakeholders. STREAMLINING OF PROCESSES - PATENTS. Application Numbering System updated. Merging of Requests of Examination (RQ) across four branch offices, based on RQ Filing Date, and allocation of RQs to Examiners. Implementing Amended Patents. Comments/Suggestions requiring immediate action.
The five primary requirements for patentability are: (1) patentable subject matter; (2) utility; (3) novelty; (4) non-obviousness; and (5) enablement. Like trademarks, patents are territorial, meaning they are enforceable in a specific geographic area.