How to Make Patent Drawings: A Patent It Yourself Companion

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Table of Contents......Page 9
Your Legal Companion for How to Make Patent Drawings......Page 13
1. General Introduction to Drawing......Page 15
Different Drawing Views......Page 16
Perspective Foreshortening......Page 22
Drawing With a Pen, Ruler, and Instruments......Page 24
Drawing With a Computer......Page 26
Using a Camera......Page 28
Summary......Page 29
2. Drawing With Pen, Ruler, and Instruments......Page 31
Necessary Tools and Supplies......Page 33
Basic Drawing Rules and Techniques......Page 36
Tracing Photographs and Objects......Page 38
Drawing From Your Imagination......Page 43
Drawing to Scale......Page 46
Drawing Different View Angles......Page 49
Drawing Graphical Symbols......Page 55
Practice, Practice, Practice......Page 58
3. Drawing With a Computer......Page 59
Necessary Equipment and Software......Page 60
Drawing From Scratch With 2D......Page 67
Making Drawings by Tracing Photos......Page 75
Drawing With 3D CAD......Page 78
Drawing Graphical Symbols......Page 84
Summary......Page 86
4. Using a Camera......Page 87
Inventions Suited for Photography......Page 88
Taking Pictures......Page 89
Summary......Page 93
5. Patent Drawings in General......Page 95
The Drawing Requirement......Page 96
Three Types of Patent Drawings......Page 97
Formal and Informal Drawings......Page 98
Engineering Drawings Are Not Suitable......Page 102
6. Utility Patent Drawings......Page 103
Amount of Detail Required......Page 105
Types of Views......Page 111
Inventions With Moving Parts......Page 128
Graphical Symbols......Page 139
Line Types and Width......Page 153
7. Design Patent Drawings......Page 159
Views Required......Page 160
Drawings Must Show All Features......Page 161
Movable Parts......Page 164
Shading Techniques......Page 169
Representation of Color and Material......Page 175
Line Types......Page 180
Multiple Embodiments......Page 181
8. General Standards......Page 183
Paper, Margins, and Sheet Numbering......Page 185
Mediums......Page 190
Arrangement and Numbering of Figures......Page 193
Reference Numbers......Page 196
Lead Lines......Page 201
Arrows......Page 206
Scale of Drawing......Page 208
Security Markings......Page 212
Corrections......Page 214
Prohibited Elements......Page 215
Identification Information......Page 216
9. Responding to Office Actions......Page 217
Objections and Rejections......Page 219
Objection or Rejection Under 35 U.S.C. § 112......Page 220
Objection Under 37 CFR § 1.83(a) for Failure to Show Claimed Feature......Page 223
Objection Under 37 CFR § 1.84(p)(5) for Missing Reference Numbers......Page 224
Notice of Draftsperson’s Patent Drawing Review......Page 225
Do Not Add New Matter......Page 232
Correcting the Drawings......Page 234
Filing Corrected Drawings......Page 235
Summary......Page 236
Appendix: Tear-Out Forms......Page 237
Petition for Submitting Color Photographs or Drawings......Page 239
Submission of Corrected Drawings......Page 241
Index......Page 243
Related Products......Page 255