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Cheap vs. Inexpensive Patent Drawings You can get patent drawings
inexpensively, I'll tell you how in a minute.
But before you decide that cutting corners or "cheap" patent drawings are right for
you, understand the long term costs and lost
opportunities that often result from inferior patent drawings. In utility patents:
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Courts keep ruling "if
it's not in the drawings, it's not in the patent".
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If you file informal
drawings, formalized drawings can not include new
matter.
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Your claims can be
changed to read on the drawings, if the
drawings enable what you want to claim.
In
design patents:
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The drawings are the
claims meaning they define what is covered by your
patent.
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It is virtually
impossible to "formalize" design patents filed with
informal drawings.
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In some cases it is
necessary to re-file a new design patent with a new
filing date and new filing fees.
In summary, cheap patent
drawings can cost much more than they save.
How to get GREAT,
Inexpensive Patent Drawings
If you have a 3D CAD model
of your invention use File, SaveAs, STEP to create a 3D
model your illustrator can open, create the necessary
views and add item numbers or shading as necessary for
the type of patent you are filing.
If you have 2D CAD files or
blueprints use File, SaveAs, DWG. Your illustrator
will only be able to create the views you save as DWG
files.
More info about 2D and 3D files.
If you have photos of a
prototype, take at least seven photos of your invention;
front, back, left, right, top, bottom and at least one
perspective view. Use your camera's zoom to reduce
the fish eye effect and be sure your orthographic views
are as "square" or as "straight on" as possible.
This is especially important for design patents.
Your illustrator will trace the photos and add shading
or item numbers as necessary.
More info
about photographs.
If you have sketches of your
invention make them as clear and complete as possible.
More guessing and more revisions equal more time.
More time equals more money.
QuickDraw's goal is helping
you get great patent drawings that protect your rights
at the best possible price. Call us any time you
need tips to get better patent drawings for less.
888-603-DRAW (3729)
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