How to Make Patent Drawings Yourself

by Lo, Jack; Pressman, David; Stim, Richard

• ISBN13: 9780873377881
• ISBN10: 0873377885
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Nolo

Summary

Professional patent drafters charge hundreds of dollars to prepare patent drawings, but you can make them yourself and skip the fee!

Table of Contents

I Introduction
General Introduction to Drawing
Different Drawing Views	2	(6)
Perspective Foreshortening	8	(2)
Drawing With a Pen, Ruler, and Instruments	10	(1)
Drawing With a Computer	11	(4)
``Drawing'' With a Camera	15	(1)
Summary	15
Drawing With Pen, Ruler, and Instruments
Necessary Tools and Supplies	3	(3)
Basic Drawing Rules and Techniques	6	(2)
Tracing Photographs and Objects	8	(5)
Drawing From Your Imagination	13	(5)
Drawing to Scale	18	(1)
Drawing Different View Angles	19	(7)
Drawing Graphical Symbols	26	(1)
Practice, Practice, Practice	26
Drawing With a Computer
Necessary Equipment and Software	3	(8)
Drawing From Scratch With 2D	11	(8)
Making Drawings by Tracing Photos	19	(3)
Drawing With 3D CAD	22	(6)
Drawing Graphical Symbols	28	(1)
Summary	28
``Drawing'' With a Camera
Advantages and Disadvantages	2	(1)
Inventions Suited for Photography	2	(1)
Photographs Must Show Invention Clearly	2	(1)
Equipment	3	(1)
Taking Pictures	3	(5)
Summary	8
Patent Drawings in General
The Drawing Requirement	2	(1)
If No Drawing Is Submitted With a Patent Application	2	(1)
Three Types of Patent Drawings	3	(2)
Formal and Informal Drawings	5	(3)
Engineering Drawings Are Not Suitable	8
Utility Patent Drawings
Amount of Detail Required	3	(6)
Types of Views	9	(16)
Inventions With Moving Parts	25	(11)
Shading	36	(1)
Graphical Symbols	36	(14)
Multiple Embodiments	50	(1)
Line Types and Width	50
Design Patent Drawings
Amount of Detail Required	2	(1)
Views Required	2	(1)
Drawings Must Show All Features	3	(3)
Parts Behind Transparent Surfaces	6	(1)
Movable Parts	6	(5)
Surface Markings	11	(1)
Unclaimed Matter	11	(1)
Shading Techniques	11	(6)
Representation of Color and Material	17	(5)
Line Types	22	(1)
Photographs	23	(1)
Multiple Embodiments	23
General Standards
Paper, Margins, and Sheet Numbering	3	(5)
Mediums	8	(2)
Arrangement and Numbering of Figures	10	(4)
Reference Numbers	14	(4)
Lead Lines	18	(5)
Arrows	23	(2)
Line Types	25	(1)
Character of Lines	25	(1)
Descriptive Legends	25	(1)
Scale of Drawing	25	(4)
Copyright or Mask Work Notice	29	(1)
Security Markings	29	(3)
Corrections	32	(1)
Prohibited Elements	32	(1)
Identification Information	32
Responding to Office Actions
Objections and Rejections	3	(1)
Reading the Statute and Rule Numbers	4	(1)
Two Sets of Requirements	4	(1)
Objection or Rejection Under 35 U.S.C. § 112	4	(3)
Objection Under 37 CFR § 1.83(a) for Failure to Show Claimed Feature	7	(1)
Objection Under 37 CFR § 1.84(p)(4) for Improper Reference Numbers	7	(1)
Objection Under 37 CFR § 1.84(p)(5) for Missing Reference Numbers	8	(1)
Notice of Draftsperson's Patent Drawing Review	9	(6)
Do Not Add New Matter	15	(2)
Correcting the Drawings	17	(1)
Filing Corrected Drawings	18	(1)
Summary	18
Appendix Tear-Out Forms
Petition for Submitting Color Photographs or Drawings
Request for Approval of Proposed Drawing Amendment
Submission of Corrected Drawings
Index