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What should a patent application contain?

Leia Doyle

What should a patent application contain?

Your patent application must include:

  • an application form (paper or online form)
  • a description of your invention.
  • claims.
  • an abstract.
  • drawings if they illustrate your invention.
  • an indication of a deposit if the application involves a deposit of biological material as referred to in section 8 a of the Finnish Patents Act.

How do you write a detailed description for a patent?

Steps to File a Patent Description

  1. Create a Title.
  2. Describe the Technical Field.
  3. Describe the Background.
  4. Explain Problems You Encountered.
  5. Discuss How Your Invention Solves These Problems.
  6. List the Figures.
  7. Explain the Scope of Your Intellectual Property.
  8. Explain How to Use Your Invention.

What is the description of a patent?

A patent is the granting of a property right by a sovereign authority to an inventor. This grant provides the inventor exclusive rights to the patented process, design, or invention for a designated period in exchange for a comprehensive disclosure of the invention. They are a form of incorporeal right.

What information does a patent document contain?

Patent documents are assigned unique identification numbers at each stage in the patenting process, i.e.: an application number; • a publication number; and • a patent number, if the patent is granted by a competent national or regional authority.

What are the example of patent?

Examples of patents

  • Pen with scanner. With a machine as small as a pen, you can transfer text from paper directly into a computer.
  • The possibility to move.
  • System for shorter flight times.
  • Steel kidneys.
  • The blood rocker.
  • Packaging success.
  • Life-saving invention.
  • Breastfeeding shirts.

How do you write a good patent application?

6 Tips For Creating a Great Patent Application Description

  1. Title.
  2. Technical area.
  3. Background details and previous artwork.
  4. A description of the problem your invention solves.
  5. A list of included drawings.
  6. Your in-depth description of the invention.
  7. An example of invention use.

What are the types of inventions?

Types. Inventions are of three kinds: scientific-technological (including medicine), sociopolitical (including economics and law), and humanistic, or cultural.