Patentable Subject Matter in Design Patent

Patentable Subject Matter in Design Patent : Design patent allow any person who invents any new, original, and ornamental design for an article of manufacture to obtain a patent protection. Most countries allow design patents in one form or the other to encourage the ornamental and decorative arts. Typically, design patents are more or less[…]

How to Cross-Refer an Application in Patent Application

Generally, cross-references to any application(s) are included in the “Cross-Reference” section of the current patent application. It is generally mandatory that the first sentence of the specification contains a reference to each such prior application to obtain the benefit of the priority of prior-filed application(s). Also, it is advised to refer to any co-pending applications[…]

Drawings in Design Patent Application

Drawings in Design Patent Application : Design patent allow any person who invents any new, original, and ornamental design for an article of manufacture to obtain a patent protection. In a design patent, the design of an article or its primarily ornamental purpose is, generally, the sole consideration for obtaining the design patent. Drawings in[…]

Background Section of Patent Application

Background Section of Patent Application – Background section is generally considered the place in the patent application where one defines the problem and the prior-art. Although such function of the background section is commonly accepted, it is advisable that the one must be very careful what to disclose and what not to disclose in the[…]

What is Information Disclosure Statement

What is Information Disclosure Statement : Patent laws of most countries requires that the attorney and/or the agent or even the inventor who has prepared the patent application to disclose to the Patent Office any information known to them that is material to the patentability of the application. A patent application is typically always accompanied[…]

Specification and Drawings of Patent Application

Specification and Drawings of Patent Application

Specification and Drawings of Patent Application : It is a general requirement of a patent application that all terms and phrases used in the claims must find “clear support or antecedent basis in the description so that the meaning of the terms in the claims may be ascertainable by reference to the description.” Specification and[…]

Reference Numbers in Patent Application

Reference Numbers in Patent Application

The patent application includes many sections, and two particular sections which run concurrently to describe the invention in detail are the specification and the drawings. It is important that the detailed description of the invention and the drawings have to be correlated. And the generally accepted way of achieving that has been the use of[…]

Prosecution of Design Patents

Prosecution of Design Patents : As per the US patent law, the design patents replace the “usefulness” requirement of utility patents with an “ornamentality” requirement. For a design to be considered patentable, it must include some primarily nonfunctional feature or characteristic. Prosecution of Design Patents The scope of the prior art that may affect the[…]

Ornamentality Design Patent

Ornamentality Design Patent : Design patent allow any person who invents any new, original, and ornamental design for an article of manufacture to obtain a patent protection. As per the US patent law, the design patents replace the “usefulness” requirement of utility patents with an “ornamentality” requirement. Ornamentality Design Patent It is required that for[…]