How to Make Patent Drawings Yourself

Professional patent drafters charge hundreds of dollars to prepare patent drawings, but you can make them yourself and skip the fee!

I Introduction

General Introduction to Drawing

Different Drawing Views

2

(6)

Perspective Foreshortening

8

(2)

Drawing With a Pen, Ruler, and Instruments

10

(1)

Drawing With a Computer

11

(4)

``Drawing'' With a Camera

15

(1)

Summary

15

Drawing With Pen, Ruler, and Instruments

Necessary Tools and Supplies

3

(3)

Basic Drawing Rules and Techniques

6

(2)

Tracing Photographs and Objects

8

(5)

Drawing From Your Imagination

13

(5)

Drawing to Scale

18

(1)

Drawing Different View Angles

19

(7)

Drawing Graphical Symbols

26

(1)

Practice, Practice, Practice

26

Drawing With a Computer

Necessary Equipment and Software

3

(8)

Drawing From Scratch With 2D

11

(8)

Making Drawings by Tracing Photos

19

(3)

Drawing With 3D CAD

22

(6)

Drawing Graphical Symbols

28

(1)

Summary

28

``Drawing'' With a Camera

Advantages and Disadvantages

2

(1)

Inventions Suited for Photography

2

(1)

Photographs Must Show Invention Clearly

2

(1)

Equipment

3

(1)

Taking Pictures

3

(5)

Summary

8

Patent Drawings in General

The Drawing Requirement

2

(1)

If No Drawing Is Submitted With a Patent Application

2

(1)

Three Types of Patent Drawings

3

(2)

Formal and Informal Drawings

5

(3)

Engineering Drawings Are Not Suitable

8

Utility Patent Drawings

Amount of Detail Required

3

(6)

Types of Views

9

(16)

Inventions With Moving Parts

25

(11)

Shading

36

(1)

Graphical Symbols

36

(14)

Multiple Embodiments

50

(1)

Line Types and Width

50

Design Patent Drawings

Amount of Detail Required

2

(1)

Views Required

2

(1)

Drawings Must Show All Features

3

(3)

Parts Behind Transparent Surfaces

6

(1)

Movable Parts

6

(5)

Surface Markings

11

(1)

Unclaimed Matter

11

(1)

Shading Techniques

11

(6)

Representation of Color and Material

17

(5)

Line Types

22

(1)

Photographs

23

(1)

Multiple Embodiments

23

General Standards

Paper, Margins, and Sheet Numbering

3

(5)

Mediums

8

(2)

Arrangement and Numbering of Figures

10

(4)

Reference Numbers

14

(4)

Lead Lines

18

(5)

Arrows

23

(2)

Line Types

25

(1)

Character of Lines

25

(1)

Descriptive Legends

25

(1)

Scale of Drawing

25

(4)

Copyright or Mask Work Notice

29

(1)

Security Markings

29

(3)

Corrections

32

(1)

Prohibited Elements

32

(1)

Identification Information

32

Responding to Office Actions

Objections and Rejections

3

(1)

Reading the Statute and Rule Numbers

4

(1)

Two Sets of Requirements

4

(1)

Objection or Rejection Under 35 U.S.C. § 112

4

(3)

Objection Under 37 CFR § 1.83(a) for Failure to Show Claimed Feature

7

(1)

Objection Under 37 CFR § 1.84(p)(4) for Improper Reference Numbers

7

(1)

Objection Under 37 CFR § 1.84(p)(5) for Missing Reference Numbers

8

(1)

Notice of Draftsperson's Patent Drawing Review

9

(6)

Do Not Add New Matter

15

(2)

Correcting the Drawings

17

(1)

Filing Corrected Drawings

18

(1)

Summary

18

Appendix Tear-Out Forms

Petition for Submitting Color Photographs or Drawings

Request for Approval of Proposed Drawing Amendment

Submission of Corrected Drawings

Index

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