{"product_id":"9780984408436","title":"Guide for Preparation of Patent Drawings","description":"The authoritative guide to the preparation of patent drawings for filing in the United States Patent and Trademark Office. This is USPTO's own guide, which went out of print and is reprinted here.\u003cp\u003eTwo small sections by an experienced practitioner (Carl Oppedahl of Oppedahl Patent Law Firm LLC) have been added -- a section on best practices for creating drawings for electronic filing, with examples of ways that USPTO's systems can degrade perfectly good drawings and tips for avoiding such problems, and a section on best practices for creating drawings for design patent applications.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e PROCESSING OF DRAWINGS \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e  \u003cli\u003e Review of Drawings by Office of\u003cbr\u003e Initial Patent Examination \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Review by USPTO Draftsperson \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e On Examiner's First\u003cbr\u003e (Non-Allowance) Action \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e On Examiner's Subsequent\u003cbr\u003e Actions \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e On Allowance \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e After Allowance \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e SELECTED U.S. LAWS AND RULES OF PRACTICE\u003cbr\u003e RELATING TO PATENT DRAWINGS \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e  \u003cli\u003e 35 USC § 113 Drawings \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e 37 CFR § 1.58 Chemical and mathematical formulae and tables \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e 37 CFR § 1.74 Reference to drawings\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e 37 CFR § 1.81 Drawings required in patent application \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e 37 CFR § 1.83 Content of drawing\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e 37 CFR § 1.84 Standards for drawings \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e 37 CFR § 1.85 Corrections to drawings \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e 37 CFR § 1.96 Submission of computer program listings \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e 37 CFR § 1.121 Manner of making amendments in applications \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e 37 CFR § 1.151 Rules applicable\u003cbr\u003e [Designs] \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e 37 CFR § 1.152 Design drawings \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e 37 CFR § 1.161 Rules applicable\u003cbr\u003e [Plants] \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e 37 CFR § 1.165 Plant drawings \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e 37 CFR § 1.171 Application for reissue \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e 37 CFR § 1.173 Reissue specification,\u003cbr\u003e drawings, and amendments \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e 37 CFR § 1.211 Publication of applications \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e 37 CFR § 1.215 Patent application publication \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e 37 CFR § 1.437 The drawings\u003cbr\u003e [International Applications] \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e 37 CFR § 1.530 Statement by patent owner in \u003ci\u003eex parte\u003c\/i\u003e reexamination; 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