Claims are the legally-operative part of a patent application around which everything revolves. The claims of course define the invention for which the exclusionary right is sought. The legal standards must be met by the claimed subject matter, not merely what is disclosed in the specification. Patent Claims Drafting In a patent drafting process, one of[…]
Many businesses and inventors use provisional patent applications as a first step in protecting their invention. Filing provisional patent application is an optional step. If you are at a stage where you might have complete information about your invention then you can directly go for complete specification. However, if you are still in a testing[…]
It is a general requirement that while drafting a provisional application one should ensure that the subject matter to be claimed by a complete application is “enabled” in the provisional application. Otherwise, when you file claims in the complete application that was not enabled in the provisional application, you may not be entitled to the[…]
