Patent Pending: Drafting a Provisional Patent Application

Drawings are an integral part of your provisional patent application. Understand the concepts behind them and whether you should hire a patent illustrator.

This classic patent drawing is still a good example on how to number the different parts of your invention.

The Super Soaker is a wonderful toy, and its patent has a great drawing of the invention. Its inventor receives millions of dollars per year licensing his patents to Hasbro.

How to draft the background section of your specification, including the state of the industry, prior art, and a brief description of your invention.

Drafting the brief description of the drawings so that they can be better understood.

Learning how to draft the bulk of the specification - the detailed description of the invention.

Filling out the cover sheet and other forms needed to file your provisional patent application.

Don't forget to send you application USPS Express Mail.

This provisional application by Cisco shows the detail that should go into your provisional patent application.

IBM is the largest patent holder in the world, and they rely heavily on provisional patent applications. While short, this provisional application has a very good description of the prior art that shows why this invention is better than what had been done.