Utility patent application: may be filed by anyone who invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof.
It should be brief, but must clearly indicate the matter to which the invention relates. The same title should appear both on the specification and the request for grant form. The description immediately follows the title. It is a detailed explanation of the invention.
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The patent process starts with your “first filing” – your initial patent application, typically made at your national patent office. This gives you your “priority date” – the date from which you believe your invention is new.
Drafting a Patent Specification: An Illustration Background of the Invention. Problems to be Solved. Prior Arts. Summary of the Invention. Brief Description of the Drawings. Detailed Description of the Invention. Claims. Abstract.
– a description and a claim or claims; – drawings, when necessary; – an oath or declaration; and – prescribed filing, search, and examination fees. The title should be as specific as possible in describing the invention.
A patent application must include: a description of your invention that allows others to see how it works and how it could be made. legal statements that set out the technical features of your invention (that are to be protected (known as 'claims')
Comments Section A brief introduction of the background of the invention. Identify any prior art you've found. A brief (like a few sentences) overview of what you think your invention is: this not a description of your product, but the bit that you think you've invented.
Author(s), inventors; patent holder, assignee. Title of patent. Country issuing the patent country code patent number (retain commas). Publication date (format YYYY MMM DD).
An effective IDR will contain the following eight elements: Title of Invention. Inventors' Names and Contact Information. Significant Dates. Description of the Invention. Prior Art. Public Disclosures of the Invention and Commercial Activity. Funding Sources. Signatures of Inventors and Witnesses.