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Patentics™: Complex Patents
Function: Presents a clear, concise and precise description of Complex patents
Use: Describe the invention in Complex patents; readable by computer;
allows to compare complex, large inventions documents
Benefits: Clear, concise and precise description of complex inventions;
compare these inventions very fast by computer; examination; patent searches.
For complex patents, we developed an improved method using novel features.
The presently used structure of patent applications is practical and efficient for disclosing simple inventions. At present, however, many of the inventions are complex and more difficult to grasp. Also, the number of prior art patents and applications to be considered has greatly increased. Therefore, a new structure of patent application is presented, which facilitates the understanding and examination of the invention.
The new structure implements the applicant's duty of disclosure as adapted to today's complex inventions. For example, in the claims there is an indication, for each term significant to the disclosure, whether it is a standard term or a special, user-defined term. Otherwise, each time the examiner reads the claim, she has to search the whole disclosure to find, for each term in the claim, how to understand it.
The applicant knows this info, so why not present it in the application?!
Furthermore, each claim also includes info helpful to examination, such as
pointers to locations in the disclosure where each term was described.
Again, why waste examiner's time to search large applications, when the
applicant of course has this info at his fingertips?
Patentics:Claims-sliced structure
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Claims-sliced structure
Details2: The Figure illustrates... The Figure illustrates a claims-sliced structure of a patent application (and patent). Each part of the application (Background, Summary, Drawings, Detailed description ...) includes an indication, to which claim it pertains - which claim is backed by that part. This allows, during examination of a claim, to find easily backing for the claim in the disclosure.
For example, the Background includes the mention Claim 1, Claim 2, etc. between unique delimiters as illustrated.
" {claim 1} Prior art PLLs use one wire for carrying each of the reference and VCO signals; this may result in low reaction speed of the PLL. {claim 2} At present, patent applications do not include specific links between each claim and the corresponding parts of the application, thus wasting examiner's time to try and understand where each feature is disclosed, if at all.
{claim 3} The prior art claims do not include info indicative of Novelty. "
It may be possible for the parts not to be arranged in an increasing order of the claim number, if that is required for the sake of clarity; It may also be possible that a text segment may support several claims, etc.
Another problem in prior art is that the parts of complex inventions may themselves be complex components. These components allow different implementations of the same invention, making it difficult during examination to decide whether these embodiments (in the present invention vs. the prior art) relate to different inventions.
A new approach to presenting Novelty in an application is disclosed, which facilitates comparison with the prior art in complex inventions. The new approach conforms with approaches in other aspects of patenting practice. The new method benefits both the examiner and the applicant, for both desire to have the issue of novelty solved as soon as possible.
Patent4U Limited
P.O. Box 2162
87 Jabotinski St.
Petah Tikva
49120
Israel
ph: +972-3-9226767
fax: +972-3-9192287
info