Patent disclosure with Patent Drawings is typically a part of the patenting process that indicates how to make the product or invention. Under US patent law, if an invention can be showing with a patent drawing or illustration, then at least one is required. According to the Manual of Patent Examining Procedures, drawings shall be … Read more
Patent Drawings in Reissue Cases: A recent case from the Federal Circuit illustrates the importance of comprehensive patent drawings when seeking the reissue of a patent. Under 35 U.S.C. 251, a patent can be reissued if the original patent is defective: Whenever any patent is, through error, deemed wholly or partly inoperative or invalid, by … Read more
Inventors sometimes wonder, “How detailed and professional do the drawings in my patent application need to be?”
The answer is, “VERY detailed and VERY professional – if you want to maximize the likelihood that your patent application will be granted.”
What criteria do you use to select a patent illustrator?