Draft the text of your patent application

  • Guide

How to describe your invention to apply for a patent? Drafting a patent requires both legal and technical knowledge. Every word counts: a poorly drafted application may provide you with insufficient protection, delay the application procedure or be rejected.

To avoid your application being delayed or rejected, you can enlist the services of an industrial property specialist, who will prepare your application to ensure it meets the requirements and assist you with the rest of the process.

The text of your application or specification must include the following:

  • a description (on plain paper): a text describing your invention. This is then used to draft another part of the patent application: the claims. There is no limit on the length of your description, but special care must be taken with the wording, as it will not be possible to make changes to it after the application has been filed.
  • one or more claims (on plain paper): a text intended to define specifically the protection you are seeking. This text is based on the description, and all of its content must be found in the description.
  • an abstract (on plain paper): the abstract is a summary of the invention.
  • one or more drawings (on plain paper): whether they are accompanying the description or the abstract, drawings are not obligatory, but provide non-negligible help in understanding the invention.  They may comprise one or more figures or diagrams.