Re: How much Detail in the Patent ?

In article <1182520428.792256.188070@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
kensmith@xxxxxxxxx says...
On Jun 21, 8:38 pm, krw <k...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
[.. patents ...]

Drawings, descriptions, etc are "window dressing" of the patent; what
is covered is in the claims (the legal part).

Drawings cost $$ too.

You can make them yourself in something like Qcad and then print them
on a laser printer. They need to be clear and fairly neat.

My point is that the patent office charges for them, no matter how
they're drawn. Sure, anything that works. The lawyer took my crude
FrameMaker drawings for one. He also lifted 90% of my words. I wish
I got paid 9x what the lawyer did.

[....]
So you can make a simplified description of one of those patterns
(not the best one, naturally) and make some citation concerning possible
alterations of that pattern that makes it *possible* for someone skilled
in the art to deduce a few of the other patterns.

You must show the best one, known at the time of the filing. The
words can allude to better possibilities, though. The problem is
that someone else may patent the better implementation, later,
keeping you from using it.

In the US, you usually have a prefered embodiment. You can show a
nonprefered embodiment "to make the explanation clear". Explaining a
digital design with an analog circuit is an example of this.

Absolutely. The point is that a "preferred embodiment" must be shown
if there is one. The inventor must disclose the "best mode" of the
invention.

A good patent lawyer will make sure that you say you know of many
variations on the design.

A good lawyer will help expo lore alternatives that the inventor
might not think of.

<snip>

--
Keith
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