How to Make Patent Drawings: A Patent It Yourself Companion
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Create formal patent drawings -- and save hundreds (or thousands) of dollars! Mechanical Engineering The authors, a patent agent and a patent attorney, illustrate how to create formal patent drawings that comply with the rules of the U.S. Patent Office, a crucial and sometimes expensive step in the patenting process.
Your Legal Companion for How to Make Patent Drawings1. General Introduction to DrawingDifferent Drawing ViewsPerspective ForeshorteningDrawing With a Pen, Ruler, and InstrumentsDrawing With a ComputerUsing a CameraSummary2. Drawing With Pen, Ruler, and InstrumentsNecessary Tools and SuppliesBasic Drawing Rules and TechniquesTracing Photographs and ObjectsDrawing From Your ImaginationDrawing to ScaleDrawing Different View AnglesDrawing Graphical SymbolsPractice, Practice, Practice3. Drawing With a ComputerNecessary Equipment and SoftwareDrawing From Scratch With 2DMaking Drawings by Tracing PhotosDrawing With 3D CADDrawing Graphical SymbolsRetaining Your DrawingsSummary4. Using a CameraAdvantages and DisadvantagesInventions Suited for PhotographyPhotographs Must Show Invention ClearlyEquipmentTaking PicturesSummary5. Patent Drawings in GeneralThe Drawing RequirementIf No Drawing Is Submitted With a Patent ApplicationThree Types of Patent DrawingsFormal and Informal DrawingsEngineering Drawings Are Not Suitable6. Utility Patent DrawingsAmount of Detail RequiredTypes of ViewsInventions With Moving PartsShadingGraphical SymbolsMultiple EmbodimentsLine Types and Width7. Design Patent DrawingsAmount of Detail RequiredViews RequiredDrawings Must Show All FeaturesParts Behind Transparent SurfacesMovable PartsSurface MarkingsUnclaimed MatterShading TechniquesRepresentation of Color and MaterialLine TypesPhotographsMultipleEmbodiments8. General StandardsPaper, Margins, and Sheet NumberingMediumsArrangement and Numbering of FiguresReference NumbersLead LinesArrowsLine TypesCharacter of LinesDescriptive LegendsScale of DrawingCopyright or Mask Work NoticeSecurity MarkingsCorrectionsProhibited ElementsIdentification Information9. Responding to Office ActionsObjections and RejectionsReading the Statute and Rule NumbersObjection or Rejection Under 35 U.S.C. § 112Objection Under 37 CFR § 1.83(a) for Failure to Show Claimed FeatureObjection Under 37 CFR § 1.84(p)(4) for Improper Reference NumbersObjection Under 37 CFR § 1.84(p)(5) for Missing Reference NumbersNotice of Draftsperson's Patent Drawing ReviewDo Not Add New MatterCorrecting the DrawingsFiling Corrected DrawingsSummaryA. Appendix: Tear-Out FormsPetition for Submitting Color Photographs or DrawingsSubmission of Corrected DrawingsIndex
