Standards For Patent Drawings In a Design Patent

Standards for Patent Drawings in a Design Patent

The drawing disclosure is the most important element of a design patent application. Every design patent application must include either a drawing or a photograph of the claimed design. Some of the important standards for design patent as prescribed by USPTO are: Drawings: There are two acceptable categories for presenting drawings in utility and design[…]

patent-file-history

Patent File History

During patent file history the patent examination process, called “prosecution”, the patent examiner will examine the patent application to determine if the requirements for obtaining a patent are met. The patent “file history”, also sometimes known as “file wrapper” (particularly for US patents) is a record which contains all of the documents pertaining to a[…]