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Guide for Preparation of Patent Drawings
The authoritative guide to the preparation of patent drawings for filing in the United States
Patent and Trademark Office. Topics include:
A section by an experienced practitioner (Carl Oppedahl of Oppedahl Patent Law Firm LLC) on
best practices for creating drawings for electronic filing, with examples of ways that USPTO's
systems can degrade perfectly good drawings and tips for avoiding such problems.
A section by an experienced practitioner (Margaret L. Polson of Oppedahl Patent Law Firm
LLC) on best practices for creating drawings for design patent applications.
PROCESSING OF DRAWINGS
Review of Drawings by Office of Initial Patent Examination
Review by USPTO Draftsperson
On Examiner's First (Non-Allowance) Action
On Examiner's Subsequent Actions
On Allowance
After Allowance
SELECTED U.S. LAWS AND RULES OF PRACTICE RELATING TO PATENT
DRAWINGS
35 USC § 113 Drawings
37 CFR § 1.58 Chemical and mathematical formulae and tables
37 CFR § 1.74 Reference to drawings
37 CFR § 1.81 Drawings required in patent application
37 CFR § 1.83 Content of drawing
37 CFR § 1.84 Standards for drawings
37 CFR § 1.85 Corrections to drawings
37 CFR § 1.96 Submission of computer program listings
37 CFR § 1.121 Manner of making amendments in applications
37 CFR § 1.151 Rules applicable [Designs]
37 CFR § 1.152 Design drawings
37 CFR § 1.161 Rules applicable [Plants]
37 CFR § 1.165 Plant drawings
37 CFR § 1.171 Application for reissue
37 CFR § 1.173 Reissue specification, drawings, and amendments
37 CFR § 1.211 Publication of applications
37 CFR § 1.215 Patent application publication
37 CFR § 1.437 The drawings [International Applications]
37 CFR § 1.530 Statement by patent owner in ex parte reexamination;
amendment by patent owner in ex parte or inter partes reexamination;
inventorship change in ex parte or inter partes reexamination
Article 7 of Patent Cooperation Treaty and Selected PCT Rules Pertaining to
Drawings
Symbols
Drawing Examples
Black ink
Black ink [computer screen image]
Identification of drawings
Graphic forms in drawings [chemical formulae]
Graphic forms in drawings [waveforms]
Graphic forms in drawings [DNA structures]
Views
Exploded views
Partial views
Sectional views
Alternate position
Modified forms
Arrangement of views
Front page view