Patent Resources

Here is the list of Brenda Speer's notes that you will need.

    1. Example Apparatus Patent Application as Filed. Click here.
      Example Apparatus Patent Grant 8708834. Click here.
      Example Method Patent Application as filed. Click here.
    1. Example Method Patent Grant 10178854. Click here.
      Filing Utility Patent Application Checklist. Click here.
      Handout - IP Overview BLAW 2010. Click here.
      Handout - Patent Drafting. Click here.
    1. Handout - Patents BLAW 2010. Click here.
      Specification Format - Utility 2020. Click here.
      CLaim Drafting a Penci. Click here.

Claim for an Automobile:

A self-propelled vehicle, comprising:
(a) a body carriage having rotatable wheels mounted thereunder for enabling said body carriage to roll along a surface
(b) an engine mounted in said carriage for producing rotational energy, and
(c) means for controllably coupling rotational energy from said engine to at least one of said wheels,
whereby said carriage can be self-propelled along said surface.

Claim for the Process of Sewing:

A method for joining two pieces of cloth together at their edges, comprising the steps of:
(a) providing said two pieces of cloth and positioning them together so that an edge portion of one piece overlaps an adjacent edge portion of the other piece, and
(b) passing a thread repeatedly through and along the length of the overlapping portions in sequentially opposite directions and through sequentially spaced holes in said overlapping adjacent portions,
whereby said two pieces of cloth will be attached along said edge portions.

Claim for Concrete:

A rigid building and paving material comprising a mixture of:
(a) sand and stones, and
(b) a hardened cement binder filling the interstices between and adhering to sand and stones,
whereby a hardened, rigid, and strong matrix for building and paving will be provided.

Claim for a Pencil:

A hand-held writing instrument comprising:
(a) elongated core-element means that will leave a marking line if moved across paper or other similar surface, and
(b) an elongated holder surrounding and encasing said elongated coreelement means, one portion of said holder being removable from an end thereof to expose an end of said core-element means so as to enable said core-element means to be exposed for writing,
whereby said holder protects said coreelement means from breakage and provides an enlarged means for holding said core-element means conveniently.

Claim for the “Insert” Feature Of Word Processing:

Claim for an Automobile:

A method of inserting additional characters within an existing series of characters on a display, comprising:
(a) providing a memory that is able to store a series of characters at an adjacent series of addresses in said memory
(b) providing a character input means that a human operator can use to store a series of characters in said memory at said respective adjacent series of addresses
(c) storing said series of characters in said memory at said adjacent series of addresses
(d) providing a display that is operatively connected to said memory for displaying said series of characters stored in said memory at said adjacent series of addresses
(e) providing a pointer means that said operator can manipulate to point to any location between any adjacent characters within said series of characters displayed on said display, and
(f) providing a memory controller that will
(1) direct any additional character that said operator enters via said character input means to a location in said memory, beginning at an address corresponding to the location between said adjacent characters as displayed on said display, and
(2) cause all characters in said series of characters that are stored in said memory at addresses subsequent said location in said memory to be transferred to subsequent addresses in said memory so that said additional character will be stored in said memory at said location and before all of said subsequent characters,
whereby said display will display said additional character within said series of characters at said location between said adjacent characters, and
whereby a writer can add words within existing body of text and the added words are displayed in an orderly and clean fashion without having to reenter said existing body of text.

 

Drawings HERE