Patent Drawings for a Method Patent: Microsoft was recently awarded US Patent 10735211 for a “Meeting Insight Computing System” that would monitor participants body language and facial expressions in order to assign meetings a “quality score.” Microsoft says the factors to be monitored could include air temperature, air composition, brightness, ambient noise level, room occupancy (e.g., expressed … Read more
You just cannot ignore the importance of Patent Drawings for Low-Tech Products. Examples from the past proves that even a low-tech product can be worth for getting patented. In the popular imagination patents are most closely associated with high tech. And there are, of course, a lot of patents in high-tech, and a lot of … Read more
What does a design patent protect? Out of the four types of intellectual properties (IPs): Patent, trade secrets or know-how, trademarks, and copyrights. the patent has been one of the most important property rights which gives protection to the inventors for their innovation. The patenting system came into existence to promote innovation. The patent owner … Read more
Improving Patent Applications with Patent Drawings: By law, patent applications need to include at least one patent drawing if the object or process is capable of being rendered in an illustration. However, it’s always worthwhile to try and include a patent drawing if at all possible, even if for a particular patent application it’s not … Read more