A patent application or the patent is being composed of different drawings which is also known as the patent drawings . The drawings are therefore required by the law to be in a particular form ,and therefore the requirements may vary depending upon the jurisdiction.
What are the different jurisdiction and rules that governs the patent application?
According to the European patent application article 78(1) provides that European patent application should contain the drawings that are referred to in the description and on the other hand rule 46 does specify the form in which drawings must be executed.
Recently a study was conducted and it was being concluded that patent illustrations are capable enough to add a level of clarity to the complex process , product or system that the investors have been trying to highlight in a long way . Patent illustrations are mandatory and too that must be in the applications.
What is the importance of high quality illustrations?
High quality illustrations have multiple benefits .
- These add up to the accuracy of the patent ,which thereby lead to the enhanced clarity and allows the investors to distinguish over the prior art .
- It acts as an added advantage in such a way that examiners have to spend less time on reviewing the application and that thereby expedites the prosecution process that helps in saving a lot of time ,effort and expense .
Are patent illustrations recognized globally?
This is actually a very important question that needs to be considered because each country and jurisdiction have different requirements that generally don’t overlap . Moreover, there are some implications of the geography that are one of the tricky part of the patent illustration and that too are not apparent to all the practitioners .
What is the importance of patent illustration in the patent specification?
For instance, if you wish to appreciate the true value of a quality patent illustration , you should keep into consideration the overall context of the patenting process that is fairly expensive and complex . There are two main objectives behind the same Firstly your invention needs to be distinguished from other existing known inventions that is referred to as the prior art . Your invention should be novel and non obvious from that perspective. The second objective is that you need to make sure that you meet all the requirements of the patent office that will include describing in detail how a person of ordinary skill in some area is able to use your invention .
Quality illustrations are one of the efficacious part of the detailed specifications ,that patent attorneys spend a lot of time and effort drafting because it will help to achieve both of the core objectives in one method.
What is the logic behind the illustrations?
Illustrations can distill and capture the essence of the complex ideas in the most simplest , clear and the unambiguous manner that can help in highlighting effectively details essential to your invention .
A high quality drawings does allow you to capture the differences very quickly and clearly.
Also , illustrations can help in meeting those support requirements in the most simplest and effective ways ,as it has been said a picture is worth a thousand words.
Moreover you may also find some of the instances , where the patent office examiners by just looking at the texts can immediately figure out what the invention is about and what are the key differences.
How different individuals are dealing with different types of individuals in different ways ?
Different type of illustrators deal with illustrations in a lot different ways . Such as an academic , a solo inventor or a start up company can have one approach while on the other hand practitioners who are in the more established corporate setting who are having large volume of applications can adopt different methods . But there are some of the commonalities we do usually notice while we are working with organizations and the inventors of all the shape and sizes . Some of the applicants usually tend to rely on patent practitioners i.e. patent attorneys or patent agents for completing the full application regardless of whether if is cost effective .
Are there some of the compliances that needs to be met ?
Though the compliance requirements may vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction but in general certain countries have very specific formatting and standard requirements down from the size of the paper ,font size ,margins ,layout labelling and numbering. Lines used in the diagram must also adhere to a specific thickness and style along with the line and kind of shading .
How do our team manage to render best illustration services?
Our team works accordingly in compliant to the customers needs.
We do keep in mind about the needs and requirements of the customers.