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Tips for fulfilling patent
            application
                                      Initial
                                      draws
                                                           Draft the
                                                            spec.




                              Chen JingFung (Grace)
                               @csie.ntut.edu.tw
                                  2012/06/07
Chapter 8, “Patent It Yourself: Your Step-by-Step Guide” 15th, 2011, ISBN: 1413313825
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Outline
• How to separate the related inventions or
  combine those in one
   – case study: radio met car
• Filing application tips - "KISS rule“
   – Trademark note
   – Software & biz methods notes including source
     code & flowchart
   – First sketches skills (Official Gazette, OG)
   – Drafting the specification hints

                   © 2012 Grace@iii.org.tw & cise.ntut   2
1930 Radio +
automobile (1st time)                Radio

1952 FM
                                 met
                      Car
                              – 82-year
1964 Cassette                   evolution
                              – In-car
                                connectivity
1985 CD player
                                &
                                infotainment
                                systems on
                                vehicle today
2001 Satellite

2007 “Sync” user’s
Smartphone
                                       ref: CBS 2012
2012 app integrates
smartphone, store media &                     3
more content with radio2012 Grace@iii.org.tw & cise.ntut
                     ©
Pandora Media –
                                         Internet radio service


   Car
dashboard


                                Win                                   BlackBerry   WebOS
                       Apple                  Android phones
                               mobile                                  platform
  Mobile
  phone

                                                                                               Palm




Stand-alone                            2012
  players

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  Ref: pandora media
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Apply more related inventions
                                                  Fees +
     Filing application                           effort           postpone


                                   Grant of patent                                     Expire 20 years

Your invention
                              Show describe
                                                           Y                  This divisional application can
                              & claim in same
                              application                                      delay 2nd filing fee by 1~2 yr

                                                                               N
                                                            Examiner                     Restrict your
                                                                                       application to one
                                                                                         File a divisional
                                                                                            application
                                                                                          …

                                                                                                             5
   Ref: wall street journal 2012
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“KISS” rule (Keep It Simple, Stupid!)
• Misconception
  – Should not include details of the invention since this
    will limit the invention (?)
• Fact
  – The scope of the invention is determined mainly by
    the claims => as detail in the specification as you can
  – “you must get it right the first time”
     • Put insufficient info <- your application can be rejected
       under Section 112 on the grounds of “incomplete disclosure”
     • Otherwise, you should have a convincing skill


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Trademark Note - Chemical
• If your invention uses a trademarked chemical
  – such as “Ajax developer” <- you don’t know its
    composition
        – general speaking, AJAX = Asynchronous JavaScript & XML is
          used to exchange data with a server & update parts of a web
          page without reloading
     • Find other similar chemicals will work
     • Refer to the chemical by its generic name with a
       reference to a suitable manufacturer
        – Drawback: this can limit your invention
     • Ex. Ajax Chemical Company
     • Another example, a inventor found the composition =>
       a Poison Control Center hotline
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Trademark note - process
Work mark         MUSIC GENOME PROJECT                     SPOTIFY PLAY EVERYWHERE
Goods &       •    Streaming of music of          •    … for use in the delivery, distribution and transmission of
Service            others over a global                digital music … multimedia content; …for enabling
                   computer network                    transmission, storage, sharing, collection, editing,
              •    Providing music reviews             organizing and modifying audio, … other data for use in
                   and information in the field        social networking, online chats and interactive
                   of music over a global              gaming, … ; …for creating searchable databases … for
                   computer network                    peer-to-peer social networking databases; pre-recorded
              •    Profiling musical tastes            CDs featuring music; …streaming or downloading music,
                   based on consumer                   film, TV-programs, audio books and games
                   selection of music clips       •    Advertising and marketing services
                   played over a global           •    Electronic transmission and streaming of digital media
                   computer network, and               content for others via global and local computer networks
                   recommending other music       •    Entertainment, namely, providing streamed or
                   to consumers based on               downloadable music, film, tv-programs, audio books and
                   such selections                     games to users online via a communication network
Serial No.    75980916                            85603484
Filing date   January 14, 2000                    April 20, 2012
Owner         (REGISTRANT) Kraft, Jon             (APPLICANT) Spotify AB CORPORATION SWEDEN
              INDIVIDUAL
              (LAST LISTED OWNER)
              PANDORA MEDIA, INC.
                                                                                           Ref: Spotify Apps API 8
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Software, Computer-Related Inventions,
        and Business Methods
• The main consideration applicable to any
  inventions is in meeting the full disclosure
  requirement
  – Contain a sufficiently detailed description of the
    invention
  – make absolutely sure it contains a
     • “full, clear, concise, and exact” description of the
       invention and
     • how to make and use it
     • The explanation should detail
        – how to configure the computer to perform the required
          function and interrelate
        – with any other elements to yield the claimed inventions
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Software note for filing application
• If your invention includes a microprocessor
  and an application program for it,
  – either in software or in firmware
     • Should include a source or object code (or pseudo code)
       listing with your application
        – use your chart to write the program & debug it without undue
          effort or significant creativity
            » even if the task would take several months


                                                       <- a pseudo code for
                                                       General Search Algorithm


     • or detailed flowchart of the operations & steps
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Software note - key for fulfilling (1
be hardware based after Bilski v. Kappos
• A general-purpose computer software
  – The process may run in a PROM (programmed
    read-only memory) or a separate program on a
    disk
  – Should explain in the specification
     • how to implement the listing &
     • any special instructions <- necessary without undue
       experimentation
     • Should detail how to configure the computer <- Goal: to
       yield the claimed invention
        – perform the required function &
        – interrelate with any other elements
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Software note - key for fulfilling (2
                   link with hardware
      – What programming language the listing is in
             • Ex. “C++” how to use it to control the computer/microprocessor
      – What type of computer/ microprocessor to use it with (e.g.
        “a Pentium chip”)


      – What hardware should be connected to the computer,
        both on the input & output sides as necessary
             • Ex. MIDI interface &
               a projector touch UI



           US 2010/0188428 A1
           Mobile terminal with
           image projection                                                         12
© 2012 Grace@iii.org.tw & cise.ntut                                Ref: flstudio-tutorials.com
Software note - key for fulfilling (3
              who test your code?
• Provide the necessary disclosure is to supply the
  listing as part of the patent application
  – Be submitted in ASCII format per PTO Rule 52(e) (37
    CFR 1.52(e))
• The program should be free of
  – any serious bugs & not have many minor bugs
  – Let no one argue your listing wouldn’t function
    according to its specifications
        • (PTO won’t test your program but your adversary will!!)
  Program size (72 characters/line)                          Send to PTO
         More than 60 lines                            The end of specification
          300 lines or less                    On drawing sheets/ in the specification
        More than 300 lines                 CD-ROM [PTO Rule 52(e)], EFS-web (PDF is available)
                                                         File program listings &                  13
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Software note - key for fulfilling (4
          only flowcharts
• Make sure flowchart’s complete & detailed
  enough <- A flowchart like the plans for a building
   – Let a programmer can write a program by using your
     routine skills
   – Even if it will take a builder several months (or months,
     years or more)
   – If the plans are rough, should hire an architect to
     complete them (use a lot of imagination)
      • Then they’re inadequate
• Explanation - flowchart
   – Discuss each block detail, list the equations referred to,
     explain exactly how to implement the flowchart
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Example: adequately detailed flowcharts
US5170279 .. calibrating and improving
linearity of system for …
<- application type: Utility




                                                                   Specific

                          General
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Software note - key for fulfilling (5
          SC + flowchart
• a copyright notice (© , (cc) or copyleft ) in the patent
  application
   – Reader can copy your application & using your program
   – Copyleft licenses (for software) for reproducing &
     modifying the work
      • source code files will contain a copy of the license terms &
        acknowledge the author(s)
• If you afraid pirates to copy your source code (SC)
   – so it’s best not to include source code, if at all possible.
   – provide just the object code (machine code) or a detailed
     flowchart.
      Object code is a sequence of statements or instructions in a computer
      language,
                • usually a machine code language (i.e., 1's and 0's) or
                • an intermediate language such as RTL           Ref: wiki
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First Sketches & Name Parts (1
• Only consider a set of sketches showing all of the
  aspects of your invention
   – without worrying about size or arrangement
   – Later on we can be reduced and compiled them

• After completed your sketches, write down a name for
  each part adjacent to such part in each sketch,
   – such as “handlebar,” “handgrip,” “clamp,” “bolt,” etc.
   – If difficultly naming any part, should refer to
      • The Glossary of useful terms (Patent It Yourself, 2011 - Appendix 3)
      • Your prior-art patents or
      • A visual dictionary such as
          – The Firefly Visual Dictionary by Corbeil and Archambault (Firefly Books,
            2002) or the Visual Dictionary of Science (DK Publishing, 1998).

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First Sketches & Name Parts (2
• Drawing should be done in                                       US3751963 Contact crimping tool

  separate, unconnected figures,
  each one labeled
   – Ex. “Fig. 1,” “Fig. 2,” …
   – possible different views and
     embodiments of your invention

• If 2 figures are related, make
  them with the same prefix name
   – Ex. “Fig. 1A,” “Fig. 1B,” etc., or “Fig.
     1,” “Fig. 1’,” etc.
   – Use as many views as necessary
   – Get an idea (from prior art) as to
     how to it’s done

                   Isometric View with
                   hidden lines
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First Sketches & Name Parts (3
• Use reasonable symbols for mechanical,
  electronic/electrical, & chemical parts
  – Suggest use conventional symbols such as ANSI
  – An electronic system, a block diagram with each block
    labeled
     • “Schmitt Trigger”, “flip-flop”, “inverter”…
     • If block represents a non-conventional circuit
         – Explain clearly what’s in the block/ provide a reference to a suitable
           publication
     • If any block represents a programmed microprocessor
         – Provide a listing of program / software flowchart
     • Select one figure of your drawing (comprehensive enough) to
       be included in the Official Gazette (OG)
         – After grant patent, PTO will publish it
     • If your invention is related to prior-art
         – illustrate the prior-art device in the first figure <- you explain it & its
           drawback
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First Sketches & Name Parts (4
• Machine Sketches                      • Chemical composition
  – Contain enough views to               sketches
    show every feature of the                  – Has a non-homogeneous
    invention                                    composition (internally
                                                 differentiated through
                                                 layering)
                                               – Should show it in cross-
                                                 section detail
                                               – If involve a step-by-step
                                                 process <- PTO will
                                                 require flowchart
                                                      • Let examiners, judges,
                                                        searchers understand your
                                                        patent more rapidly
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Tips for Drafting the Specification (1
• After reduced those sketches, try to draft the
  specification with separate sections, each with a
  heading
• Drafting Tips
  – Avoid Legalese (“patent Profanity”) <- a layperson
    don’t know “the correct legal terms to use.”
     • Will make your writing stilted, less clear, and harder to
       understand
     • only legal requirements for “The claims” should be written
       with extreme clarity and precision, and
         – have to use a few “saids” and “wherebys”
     • Legal terminology was created by lawyers to make their
       writing less understandable
                           Key: clarify your subject
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Tips for Drafting the Specification (2
• Use short & simple sentences
  – Description in short, simple sentences with short
    paragraphs
     • Each paragraph < 200~250 words/ one page (double-
       spaced
     • Should relate to one part or subpart of your invention
     • A sentence may < 13 words
        – ref: Cybernetics Institute found 50% audits ability
     • Don’t worry the beauty of language
        – Goal: include all points of substance of your invention & make
          your description clear
• Avoid grammar & spelling error

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Summary

• Start form the trends of radio + car
   – Introduce Pandora Media lnc. – Internet radio service
     to tell how to PTO’s response on applying a big patent
     (among more than one domain)


• Then, share some tips on fulfilling a application
  including
   – Trademark note, software & biz methods notes
     (SW+HW, source code & flowchart), first sketches
     skills (Official Gazette), drafting the specification hints

                      © 2012 Grace@iii.org.tw & cise.ntut      23
Final oral report
• Total: 12-15 pages
  – Each item may include more than one page
  – Format
     •   Title
     •   Outline: oral flow
     •   Prior-art (related reports, patents, papers…)
     •   Description & operations (flowchart + explains)
     •   Comparison table: show advantages
     •   Members’ contribution table
     •   Summary

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Reference
• David Pressman, chapter 8, “Patent It Yourself: Your Step-by-Step
  Guide” to Filing at the U.S. Patent Office, 2011, 15th edition,
  ISBN-10: 1413313825
   – Reference by “Previous Course Slide” record set:
       • Introduce invention -> evaluate invention -> WM2Patent,
       • Patent Requirement (novelty & nonobviousness),
       • Patent search (classification search, foreign protection to gain your skill,
         Inquiry for patent search, polishing search skills)
       • Defend your Rights
• Blog: http://fungsiong.blogspot.com/
   – Introduce hybrid TV/Smart TV (hbbTV) including
       • widget, Android(API), system, ecosystem, framework, service, application…
   – Agile for progressing: http://fungsiong.blogspot.com/search/label/Agile
       • About how to teamwork
   – Some programming info such as
       • Apache wookie, refactoring tech, CE-HTML, a solution about removing a
         backdoor “Trojan” & surveillance paper
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APPENDIX


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USPTO -
    Transaction
      History
• App no. 12/357,752 US
  2010/0188428 A1,
  Mobile terminal with
  image projection
  – Assignee: LG
  – Application type: Utility
  – Status: Non Final Action
    Mailed
     • Date: 05-21-2012
  – Filing date: 01-22-2009
  – Class/ Subclass:
    345/661
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Tips for fulfilling patent application

  • 1. Tips for fulfilling patent application Initial draws Draft the spec. Chen JingFung (Grace) @csie.ntut.edu.tw 2012/06/07 Chapter 8, “Patent It Yourself: Your Step-by-Step Guide” 15th, 2011, ISBN: 1413313825 1 © 2012 Grace@iii.org.tw & cise.ntut
  • 2. Outline • How to separate the related inventions or combine those in one – case study: radio met car • Filing application tips - "KISS rule“ – Trademark note – Software & biz methods notes including source code & flowchart – First sketches skills (Official Gazette, OG) – Drafting the specification hints © 2012 Grace@iii.org.tw & cise.ntut 2
  • 3. 1930 Radio + automobile (1st time) Radio 1952 FM met Car – 82-year 1964 Cassette evolution – In-car connectivity 1985 CD player & infotainment systems on vehicle today 2001 Satellite 2007 “Sync” user’s Smartphone ref: CBS 2012 2012 app integrates smartphone, store media & 3 more content with radio2012 Grace@iii.org.tw & cise.ntut ©
  • 4. Pandora Media – Internet radio service Car dashboard Win BlackBerry WebOS Apple Android phones mobile platform Mobile phone Palm Stand-alone 2012 players 4 Ref: pandora media © 2012 Grace@iii.org.tw & cise.ntut
  • 5. Apply more related inventions Fees + Filing application effort postpone Grant of patent Expire 20 years Your invention Show describe Y This divisional application can & claim in same application delay 2nd filing fee by 1~2 yr N Examiner Restrict your application to one File a divisional application … 5 Ref: wall street journal 2012 © 2012 Grace@iii.org.tw & cise.ntut
  • 6. “KISS” rule (Keep It Simple, Stupid!) • Misconception – Should not include details of the invention since this will limit the invention (?) • Fact – The scope of the invention is determined mainly by the claims => as detail in the specification as you can – “you must get it right the first time” • Put insufficient info <- your application can be rejected under Section 112 on the grounds of “incomplete disclosure” • Otherwise, you should have a convincing skill © 2012 Grace@iii.org.tw & cise.ntut 6
  • 7. Trademark Note - Chemical • If your invention uses a trademarked chemical – such as “Ajax developer” <- you don’t know its composition – general speaking, AJAX = Asynchronous JavaScript & XML is used to exchange data with a server & update parts of a web page without reloading • Find other similar chemicals will work • Refer to the chemical by its generic name with a reference to a suitable manufacturer – Drawback: this can limit your invention • Ex. Ajax Chemical Company • Another example, a inventor found the composition => a Poison Control Center hotline 7 © 2012 Grace@iii.org.tw & cise.ntut
  • 8. Trademark note - process Work mark MUSIC GENOME PROJECT SPOTIFY PLAY EVERYWHERE Goods & • Streaming of music of • … for use in the delivery, distribution and transmission of Service others over a global digital music … multimedia content; …for enabling computer network transmission, storage, sharing, collection, editing, • Providing music reviews organizing and modifying audio, … other data for use in and information in the field social networking, online chats and interactive of music over a global gaming, … ; …for creating searchable databases … for computer network peer-to-peer social networking databases; pre-recorded • Profiling musical tastes CDs featuring music; …streaming or downloading music, based on consumer film, TV-programs, audio books and games selection of music clips • Advertising and marketing services played over a global • Electronic transmission and streaming of digital media computer network, and content for others via global and local computer networks recommending other music • Entertainment, namely, providing streamed or to consumers based on downloadable music, film, tv-programs, audio books and such selections games to users online via a communication network Serial No. 75980916 85603484 Filing date January 14, 2000 April 20, 2012 Owner (REGISTRANT) Kraft, Jon (APPLICANT) Spotify AB CORPORATION SWEDEN INDIVIDUAL (LAST LISTED OWNER) PANDORA MEDIA, INC. Ref: Spotify Apps API 8 © 2012 Grace@iii.org.tw & cise.ntut
  • 9. Software, Computer-Related Inventions, and Business Methods • The main consideration applicable to any inventions is in meeting the full disclosure requirement – Contain a sufficiently detailed description of the invention – make absolutely sure it contains a • “full, clear, concise, and exact” description of the invention and • how to make and use it • The explanation should detail – how to configure the computer to perform the required function and interrelate – with any other elements to yield the claimed inventions 9 © 2012 Grace@iii.org.tw & cise.ntut
  • 10. Software note for filing application • If your invention includes a microprocessor and an application program for it, – either in software or in firmware • Should include a source or object code (or pseudo code) listing with your application – use your chart to write the program & debug it without undue effort or significant creativity » even if the task would take several months <- a pseudo code for General Search Algorithm • or detailed flowchart of the operations & steps © 2012 Grace@iii.org.tw & cise.ntut 10
  • 11. Software note - key for fulfilling (1 be hardware based after Bilski v. Kappos • A general-purpose computer software – The process may run in a PROM (programmed read-only memory) or a separate program on a disk – Should explain in the specification • how to implement the listing & • any special instructions <- necessary without undue experimentation • Should detail how to configure the computer <- Goal: to yield the claimed invention – perform the required function & – interrelate with any other elements 11 © 2012 Grace@iii.org.tw & cise.ntut
  • 12. Software note - key for fulfilling (2 link with hardware – What programming language the listing is in • Ex. “C++” how to use it to control the computer/microprocessor – What type of computer/ microprocessor to use it with (e.g. “a Pentium chip”) – What hardware should be connected to the computer, both on the input & output sides as necessary • Ex. MIDI interface & a projector touch UI US 2010/0188428 A1 Mobile terminal with image projection 12 © 2012 Grace@iii.org.tw & cise.ntut Ref: flstudio-tutorials.com
  • 13. Software note - key for fulfilling (3 who test your code? • Provide the necessary disclosure is to supply the listing as part of the patent application – Be submitted in ASCII format per PTO Rule 52(e) (37 CFR 1.52(e)) • The program should be free of – any serious bugs & not have many minor bugs – Let no one argue your listing wouldn’t function according to its specifications • (PTO won’t test your program but your adversary will!!) Program size (72 characters/line) Send to PTO More than 60 lines The end of specification 300 lines or less On drawing sheets/ in the specification More than 300 lines CD-ROM [PTO Rule 52(e)], EFS-web (PDF is available) File program listings & 13 © 2012 Grace@iii.org.tw & cise.ntut biotech sequence lists
  • 14. Software note - key for fulfilling (4 only flowcharts • Make sure flowchart’s complete & detailed enough <- A flowchart like the plans for a building – Let a programmer can write a program by using your routine skills – Even if it will take a builder several months (or months, years or more) – If the plans are rough, should hire an architect to complete them (use a lot of imagination) • Then they’re inadequate • Explanation - flowchart – Discuss each block detail, list the equations referred to, explain exactly how to implement the flowchart 14 © 2012 Grace@iii.org.tw & cise.ntut
  • 15. Example: adequately detailed flowcharts US5170279 .. calibrating and improving linearity of system for … <- application type: Utility Specific General 15 © 2012 Grace@iii.org.tw & cise.ntut
  • 16. Software note - key for fulfilling (5 SC + flowchart • a copyright notice (© , (cc) or copyleft ) in the patent application – Reader can copy your application & using your program – Copyleft licenses (for software) for reproducing & modifying the work • source code files will contain a copy of the license terms & acknowledge the author(s) • If you afraid pirates to copy your source code (SC) – so it’s best not to include source code, if at all possible. – provide just the object code (machine code) or a detailed flowchart. Object code is a sequence of statements or instructions in a computer language, • usually a machine code language (i.e., 1's and 0's) or • an intermediate language such as RTL Ref: wiki 16 © 2012 Grace@iii.org.tw & cise.ntut
  • 17. First Sketches & Name Parts (1 • Only consider a set of sketches showing all of the aspects of your invention – without worrying about size or arrangement – Later on we can be reduced and compiled them • After completed your sketches, write down a name for each part adjacent to such part in each sketch, – such as “handlebar,” “handgrip,” “clamp,” “bolt,” etc. – If difficultly naming any part, should refer to • The Glossary of useful terms (Patent It Yourself, 2011 - Appendix 3) • Your prior-art patents or • A visual dictionary such as – The Firefly Visual Dictionary by Corbeil and Archambault (Firefly Books, 2002) or the Visual Dictionary of Science (DK Publishing, 1998). 17 © 2012 Grace@iii.org.tw & cise.ntut
  • 18. First Sketches & Name Parts (2 • Drawing should be done in US3751963 Contact crimping tool separate, unconnected figures, each one labeled – Ex. “Fig. 1,” “Fig. 2,” … – possible different views and embodiments of your invention • If 2 figures are related, make them with the same prefix name – Ex. “Fig. 1A,” “Fig. 1B,” etc., or “Fig. 1,” “Fig. 1’,” etc. – Use as many views as necessary – Get an idea (from prior art) as to how to it’s done Isometric View with hidden lines 18 © 2012 Grace@iii.org.tw & cise.ntut
  • 19. First Sketches & Name Parts (3 • Use reasonable symbols for mechanical, electronic/electrical, & chemical parts – Suggest use conventional symbols such as ANSI – An electronic system, a block diagram with each block labeled • “Schmitt Trigger”, “flip-flop”, “inverter”… • If block represents a non-conventional circuit – Explain clearly what’s in the block/ provide a reference to a suitable publication • If any block represents a programmed microprocessor – Provide a listing of program / software flowchart • Select one figure of your drawing (comprehensive enough) to be included in the Official Gazette (OG) – After grant patent, PTO will publish it • If your invention is related to prior-art – illustrate the prior-art device in the first figure <- you explain it & its drawback 19 © 2012 Grace@iii.org.tw & cise.ntut
  • 20. First Sketches & Name Parts (4 • Machine Sketches • Chemical composition – Contain enough views to sketches show every feature of the – Has a non-homogeneous invention composition (internally differentiated through layering) – Should show it in cross- section detail – If involve a step-by-step process <- PTO will require flowchart • Let examiners, judges, searchers understand your patent more rapidly 20 © 2012 Grace@iii.org.tw & cise.ntut
  • 21. Tips for Drafting the Specification (1 • After reduced those sketches, try to draft the specification with separate sections, each with a heading • Drafting Tips – Avoid Legalese (“patent Profanity”) <- a layperson don’t know “the correct legal terms to use.” • Will make your writing stilted, less clear, and harder to understand • only legal requirements for “The claims” should be written with extreme clarity and precision, and – have to use a few “saids” and “wherebys” • Legal terminology was created by lawyers to make their writing less understandable Key: clarify your subject 21 © 2012 Grace@iii.org.tw & cise.ntut
  • 22. Tips for Drafting the Specification (2 • Use short & simple sentences – Description in short, simple sentences with short paragraphs • Each paragraph < 200~250 words/ one page (double- spaced • Should relate to one part or subpart of your invention • A sentence may < 13 words – ref: Cybernetics Institute found 50% audits ability • Don’t worry the beauty of language – Goal: include all points of substance of your invention & make your description clear • Avoid grammar & spelling error 22 © 2012 Grace@iii.org.tw & cise.ntut
  • 23. Summary • Start form the trends of radio + car – Introduce Pandora Media lnc. – Internet radio service to tell how to PTO’s response on applying a big patent (among more than one domain) • Then, share some tips on fulfilling a application including – Trademark note, software & biz methods notes (SW+HW, source code & flowchart), first sketches skills (Official Gazette), drafting the specification hints © 2012 Grace@iii.org.tw & cise.ntut 23
  • 24. Final oral report • Total: 12-15 pages – Each item may include more than one page – Format • Title • Outline: oral flow • Prior-art (related reports, patents, papers…) • Description & operations (flowchart + explains) • Comparison table: show advantages • Members’ contribution table • Summary © 2012 Grace@iii.org.tw & cise.ntut 24
  • 25. Reference • David Pressman, chapter 8, “Patent It Yourself: Your Step-by-Step Guide” to Filing at the U.S. Patent Office, 2011, 15th edition, ISBN-10: 1413313825 – Reference by “Previous Course Slide” record set: • Introduce invention -> evaluate invention -> WM2Patent, • Patent Requirement (novelty & nonobviousness), • Patent search (classification search, foreign protection to gain your skill, Inquiry for patent search, polishing search skills) • Defend your Rights • Blog: http://fungsiong.blogspot.com/ – Introduce hybrid TV/Smart TV (hbbTV) including • widget, Android(API), system, ecosystem, framework, service, application… – Agile for progressing: http://fungsiong.blogspot.com/search/label/Agile • About how to teamwork – Some programming info such as • Apache wookie, refactoring tech, CE-HTML, a solution about removing a backdoor “Trojan” & surveillance paper 25 © 2012 Grace@iii.org.tw & cise.ntut
  • 26. APPENDIX © 2012 Grace@iii.org.tw & cise.ntut 26
  • 27. USPTO - Transaction History • App no. 12/357,752 US 2010/0188428 A1, Mobile terminal with image projection – Assignee: LG – Application type: Utility – Status: Non Final Action Mailed • Date: 05-21-2012 – Filing date: 01-22-2009 – Class/ Subclass: 345/661 27 © 2012 Grace@iii.org.tw & cise.ntut