Filing for a patent includes a stringent process in which the inventor would have to provide a detailed description of their idea. This description must explain why the idea is original and innovative – chronicling all the necessary facets of the invention that make it so. This process is called patent drafting.
The first to file rule also applies to patent applications, awarding the first person to file a patent the right to claim the intellectual property to it. 2 Inventors are encouraged to file for a patent quickly so that copycats do not usurp their new invention or process.
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.
Applicants must have: Bachelor's level degree in law, and/ or in science and technology such as engineering, agriculture, environmental, information technology/ ICT, life sciences, medicine, physics, chemistry, communication sciences, biology, or biotechnology.