Preliminary patent prosecution reports
First Claim
1. ) A patentability search report concerning an alleged new invention, which search report contains a written evaluation of the patentability of such alleged new invention as compared with at least one prior art document, and wherein such search report is created prior to the filing of a patent application covering such alleged new invention, said patentability search report comprising:
- a) a citing of one or more prior art documents which contains subject matter that is potentially material to the patentability of the alleged new invention;
b) a written description describing the elements or features contained in such one or more prior art documents; and
c) at least one written draft patent claim which draft claim embraces a point of novelty of the alleged new invention.
0 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
The present invention provides patentability search reports and methods for producing same. The search reports of the present invention include a listing of prior art turned up during the course of a patentability search for a proposed invention, in addition to statements pointing out the differences between the features of the proposed invention and those contained in the prior art. However, a report according to the present invention also includes a draft patent claim, which is preferably drafted by a patent Practitioner. By constructing a draft claim, it is possible for the writer of the report to put themselves in the place of a Patent Examiner and make a mock rejection(s) of the draft patent claim based upon the prior art identified during the course of the search. A report according to the invention may include a discussion of the merits of such mock rejections, and rebuttal arguments presented, including suggested means for obviating such mock rejections. Since the report according to a preferred form of the invention contains search results, a draft claim, a mock rejection, and a rebuttal thereto, it is convenient to refer to a report according to the invention as a Preliminary Patent Prosecution Report™.
-
Citations
36 Claims
-
1. ) A patentability search report concerning an alleged new invention, which search report contains a written evaluation of the patentability of such alleged new invention as compared with at least one prior art document, and wherein such search report is created prior to the filing of a patent application covering such alleged new invention, said patentability search report comprising:
-
a) a citing of one or more prior art documents which contains subject matter that is potentially material to the patentability of the alleged new invention;
b) a written description describing the elements or features contained in such one or more prior art documents; and
c) at least one written draft patent claim which draft claim embraces a point of novelty of the alleged new invention. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21)
-
-
18. ) A patentability search report concerning an alleged new invention, which search report contains a written evaluation of the patentability of said alleged new invention as compared with at least one prior art document, and wherein the search report is created prior to the filing of a patent application covering said alleged new invention, said patentability search report comprising:
-
a) a citing of one or more prior art documents which contains subject matter that is potentially material to the patentability of the alleged new invention;
b) a written description describing the elements or features contained in such one or more prior art documents;
c) at least one written draft patent claim which draft claim embraces a point of novelty of the alleged new invention, wherein said draft patent claim is written by a person registered to represent inventors before the United States Patent and Trademark Office;
d) a written mock rejection of said draft patent claim, which mock rejection is based at least in part on the presence or arrangement of elements or features contained in at least one of said prior art documents in said citing, wherein said mock rejection is written by a person registered to represent inventors before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
-
-
22. ) A patentability search report concerning an alleged new invention, which search report contains a written evaluation of the patentability of said alleged new invention as compared with at least one prior art document, and wherein the search report is created prior to the filing of a patent application covering said alleged new invention, said patentability search report comprising:
-
a) a citing of one or more prior art documents which contains subject matter that is potentially material to the patentability of the alleged new invention;
b) a written description describing the elements or features contained in such one or more prior art documents;
c) at least one written draft patent claim directed at the subject matter of said alleged new invention which draft claim embraces a point of novelty of the alleged new invention;
d) one or more written statements pointing out the differences between the elements or features contained in one or more of said prior art documents and the alleged new invention as described by said draft patent claim; and
e) a written statement reflecting an opinion about the patentability of the alleged new invention as described by said draft patent claim. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
-
-
27. ) A process for providing a patentability search report concerning an alleged new invention prior to the filing of a patent application covering such alleged new invention, which search report contains a written evaluation of the patentability of the alleged new invention as compared with at least one prior art document, the process comprising the steps of:
-
a) reviewing documents contained in the prior art;
b) identifying one or more prior art documents that describe subject matter that is potentially material to the patentability of the subject invention;
c) providing a written description of the identity of and the elements or features contained in such one or more prior art documents identified in b); and
d) providing at least one written draft patent claim, which draft claim embraces a point of novelty of the alleged new invention.
-
Specification