Parts of a Patent Application (provisional and non-provisional utility)
Essential Parts of a Patent Application
- Drawings - only essential if the features of the invention can be shown in a diagram (note that the USPTO may require that drawings be submitted in a non-provisional application, if inventive features must be shown in a diagram)
- Abstract - contains up to 100 words briefly describing the invention
- Specification: Background of the Invention (this is the section that includes a discussion of the most relevant
- Specification: Summary of the Invention (discussion/overview of the key features of the invention; no size limit)
- Specification: Brief Description of the Drawings (mostly one-liners for each drawing, if present)
- Specification: Description of the Preferred Embodiment(s) (sufficient details of the invention to enable
- Claims: the invention expressed in statements that define the scope of the invention for which the inventor seeks protection during the active period of the patent