How to Make Patent Drawings Yourself
by Lo, Jack; Pressman, DavidEdition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-06-01
Publisher(s): Nolo
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Summary
Professional patent drafters charge hundreds of dollars to prepare patent drawings. You can avoid these hefty fees with Patent Agent Jack Lo and bestselling author David Pressman's How to Make Patent Drawings Yourself. This step-by-step guide shows you how to complete a crucial step in the patenting process--creating formal patent drawings that comply with the strict rules of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Once you've secured a patent with the drawings, you can also use them to market and promote your product to prospective manufacturers and customers. Book jacket.
Author Biography
Jack Lo is an inventor and licensed patent agent who has been preparing and prosecuting patent applications since 1992. Unlike most other patent practitioners, he makes the patent drawings himself. Patent Attorney David Pressman has over thirty years' experience in the patent profession. He is author of Patent It Yourself, the most highly recommended guide to patenting an invention.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | |
| General Introduction to Drawing | |
| Different Drawing Views | p. 2 |
| Perspective Foreshortening | p. 8 |
| Making Drawings With a Pen, Ruler, and Instruments | p. 10 |
| Drawing With a Computer | p. 11 |
| "Drawing" With a Camera | p. 15 |
| Summary | p. 15 |
| Drawing With Pen, Ruler, and Instruments | |
| Necessary Tools and Supplies | p. 3 |
| Basic Drawing Rules and Techniques | p. 6 |
| Tracing Photographs and Objects | p. 8 |
| Drawing From Your Imagination | p. 13 |
| Drawing to Scale | p. 18 |
| Drawing Different View Angles | p. 19 |
| Drawing Graphical Symbols | p. 26 |
| Practice, Practice, Practice | p. 26 |
| Drawing With a Computer | |
| Necessary Equipment and Software | p. 3 |
| Drawing From Scratch With 2D | p. 12 |
| Making Drawings by Tracing Photos | p. 19 |
| Drawing With 3D CAD | p. 21 |
| Drawing Graphical Symbols | p. 27 |
| Summary | p. 29 |
| "Drawing" With a Camera | |
| Advantages and Disadvantages | p. 2 |
| Inventions Suited for Photography | p. 2 |
| Photographs Must Show Invention Clearly | p. 2 |
| Equipment | p. 3 |
| Taking Pictures | p. 3 |
| Summary | p. 8 |
| Patent Drawings in General | |
| The Drawing Requirement | p. 2 |
| If No Drawing Is Submitted With a Patent Application | p. 2 |
| Three Types of Patent Drawings | p. 3 |
| Formal and Informal Drawings | p. 5 |
| Engineering Drawings Are Not Suitable | p. 8 |
| Utility Patent Drawings | |
| Amount of Detail Required | p. 3 |
| Types of Views | p. 9 |
| Inventions With Moving Parts | p. 25 |
| Shading | p. 36 |
| Graphical Symbols | p. 36 |
| Multiple Embodiments | p. 50 |
| Line Types and Width | p. 50 |
| Design Patent Drawings | |
| Amount of Detail Required | p. 2 |
| Views Required | p. 2 |
| Drawings Must Show All Features | p. 3 |
| Parts Behind Transparent Surfaces | p. 6 |
| Movable Parts | p. 6 |
| Surface Markings | p. 11 |
| Unclaimed Matter | p. 11 |
| Shading Techniques | p. 11 |
| Representation of Color and Material | p. 17 |
| Line Types | p. 22 |
| Photographs | p. 23 |
| Multiple Embodiments | p. 24 |
| General Standards | |
| Paper, Margins, and Sheet Numbering | p. 3 |
| Mediums | p. 8 |
| Arrangement and Numbering of Figures | p. 10 |
| Reference Numbers | p. 14 |
| Lead Lines | p. 18 |
| Arrows | p. 23 |
| Line Types | p. 25 |
| Character of Lines | p. 25 |
| Descriptive Legends | p. 25 |
| Scale of Drawing | p. 25 |
| Copyright or Mask Work Notice | p. 29 |
| Security Markings | p. 29 |
| Corrections | p. 32 |
| Prohibited Elements | p. 32 |
| Identification Information | p. 32 |
| Responding to Office Actions | |
| Objections and Rejections | p. 3 |
| Reading the Statute and Rule Numbers | p. 3 |
| Two Sets of Requirements | p. 4 |
| Objection or Rejection Under 35 U.S.C. 112 | p. 4 |
| Objection Under 37 CFR 1.83(a) for Failure to Show Claimed Feature | p. 5 |
| Objection Under 37 CFR 1.84(p)(4) for Improper Reference Numbers | p. 6 |
| Objection Under 37 CRF 1.84(p)(5) for Missing Reference Numbers | p. 6 |
| Notice of Draftsperson's Patent Drawing Review | p. 7 |
| Do Not Add New Matter | p. 14 |
| Correcting the Drawings | p. 15 |
| Filing Corrected Drawings | p. 17 |
| Summary | p. 17 |
| Tear-Out Forms | |
| Petition for Submitting Color Photographs or Drawings | |
| Request for Approval of Proposed Drawing Amendment | |
| Submission of Corrected Drawings | |
| Index | |
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