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Preparing & Filing an Application
In order to prepare a patent application, we need a precise description of the invention, good quality drawings or sketches or photographs; a statement of any limitations on the utility of the invention (e.g. it won't work at sub-freezing temperatures); an indication of options or variants that a competitor might be inclined to sell; and a summary of the state of the art (technology) prior to the invention, if available. See the summary above of the information needed for us to conduct a patentability search; use that as a guideline, but provide as much detail as possible. The inventor may also find, after the patent application has been filed, that there are alternatives for various constituent parts of the invention, or preferred ways of making, operating or using the invention, that had not previously been conceived. The inventor should communicate this thinking to us, in order to ensure that full protection for the invention in all its possible variants can be incorporated in the claims to the invention. The inventor should, of course, alert patent counsel to the existence of any closely related similar article (or process, etc.) of a competitor or unauthorized person, both before patent grant (so that claims may possibly be amended to cover the similar article, or an investigation of the competitor's patent rights conducted) and after grant (for possible legal suit, or corrective action in the Patent Office such as reissue of the patent). |
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