okay.... tips from my experiences.... first - doing a patent is a lot of a) time b) money.... think about it.
next...tips that will save you a) time and b) money.... a) all diagrams must be BLACK and WHITE. Sounds like no small thing but.... it is. That's all. Screen shots - black and white. TIP - make sure your prototyping tool can do bw, else you will be redoing them. b) A4 is your friend. In the world of software, any doc (if you do write documentation outside of the code) is usually in an electronic form. Paper size doesn't matter. ie. its a pdf, or a png on a web site. In a patent, a4 matters. So to do the magin sizes. This effects flow charts (i know , only cobol programmers use them.... but they are good for patents). This leads to the next issue : c) Font size. it matters. make it big now and you don't have to redo later. d) High level design docs... are better than low level detail. Also, even for a provisional its all in the specification part. here is the rub - in your in house doc, the same thing probably has 3 or 4 names. Some you created. In the patent - make that one. Else you will be doing a lot of editing and redoing. back to the specification - it needs to be right. unlike in house doc, there isn't the room to work with what you have. Changes once submitted will likely result in a reset of priority date. On Monday, August 6, 2012 2:09:54 PM UTC+10, drllau wrote: > > whilst sensible measures, I'd label these as more administrative aspects > of patent rather than strategy per see ... I would consider the interaction > between business/competitive environment and IP classes as more > tactical/strategy ... should one open source, how much do you influence > use-contributed content, affiliate marketing and brand association etc. > > Lawrence > http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau > > On Monday, 6 August 2012 09:52:50 UTC+12, Justin wrote: >> >> For those that are interested: >> http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/05/5-tips-for-developing-a-patent-strategy/ >> >> Justin Blows >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more Forum rules 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en
