How to Write a Patent Application

Stocked with drafting checklists and sample drafting language, documents and drawings, the second edition of How to Write a Patent Application walks you step-by-step through the entire process of preparing patent applications.

This hands-on resource helps you:

• Get from an inventor all the information needed to prepare an effective application
• Claim an invention with sufficient breadth
• Claim an invention so that the elements that render the invention nonobvious are clearly set forth in the claims
• Claim an invention whose validity will be sustained by the courts
• Avoid damaging drafting mistakes such as faulty transitions, inconsistent terminology, incorrect verb forms, and deficient functional language

Completely up-to-date, How to Write a Patent Application analyzes developments under the America Invents Act, the latest USPTO initiatives, and key decisions of the federal courts, and provides the author's practical suggestions and commentary.