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Quality Patents
WHAT WE DO IN EACH PATENT APPLICATION
Understand the embodiments of the invention(s)
Review the prior art and compare to the invention
Identify areas of potentially patentable subject matter
Determine strategy and tactics
Understand the client's business goals
Determine important dates such as:
Possible statutory bars to U.S.
patents
Possible statutory bars to
international patents
Identify broad claim areas potentially available
Assist client in identifying relative business value of each
area
Determine the effects on the client of:
Current and proposed U.S. patent
office policies
Current and proposed international
policies
Current state of court rulings in
patent cases
Probable cost of comparative tactics for the client
Propose a strategy, cost, and time schedule and obtain
client agreement
Prepare draft patent application
Identify, outline, and prepare initial claim set
Identify, outline, and prepare initial drawing set
Identify, outline, and prepare initial specification
Review
Investigate
Client technical preferences
Technical alternatives
Competition strategies
Enablement issues
Best embodiment issues
Prepare final patent application
Finalize claim set
Finalize drawings
Finalize specification - (upon approval of a registered
patent attorney)
Check consistent nomenclature
Check consistent drawing reference
numbers
Proof read
Review final patent application with client(s)
Ensure client understanding of claim language and get feedback
Final determination of inventorship issues
Obtain proper signatures
Properly file application
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