utility.def

%% -- SECTION: 1: drawings/features.def
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%% Feature enumerations portion of the patent                         %%

%% -- SECTION: 2: inventors.def
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%% begins document and defines \tit, \auth, and \phon %%

\newcommand{\tit}{Put your invention title here}
\newcommand{\auth}{Put your name here}
\newcommand{\phon}{Put your phone number here}

%% -- SECTION: 3: relations.tex
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%% ------------  Cross-references portion of the patent ------------- %%
%%
%% NOTES:
%%  - Cross-reference to any related provisional or utility
%%    application.
%%  - Model usable form:
%%    -> The present application claims the benefit of the filing
%%       date of a co-pending ____ [Provisional or Utility]
%%       Application, Serial Number ____, entitled "____", filed
%%       on ____.
%%

%% -- SECTION: 4: field.tex
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%% -----------  Field of invention portion of the patent ------------ %%
%%
%% NOTES:
%%  - Denotes the general field of the invention and the particular
%%    field.
%%  - Typically 2 sentences are used such as:
%%    -> This invention relates to ____.  More particularily, it
%%       relates to ____.
%%
%% FORMATTING:
%%  \pa starts a new paragraph and numbers it sequentially             %%

%% -- SECTION: 5: background.tex
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%% ---------  Background description portion of the patent  --------- %%
%%
%% NOTES:
%%  - Include a description of prior art (typically 2 to 4 pages)
%%  - Provide a brief historical information, followed by present
%%    products and methods, especially those found in uncovered
%%    patents.
%%  - Describe a problem with prior products which your invention
%%    (not described here) solves
%%  - Objects of the invention:
%%    -> What existing problems you intend the invention to resolve.
%%       They should match up with the problem(s) you have mentioned
%%       above with the prior art.
%%    -> Limit the number of objects to 3 or 4.
%%    -> Use the following forms to create single-sentence objects:
%%       => A primary object of the inventions is ___.
%%       => Another general object of the invention is ___.
%%       => Another general object of the invention is ___.
%%       => A more specific object, commensurate with the above
%%          listed objects is ___.
%%
%% FORMATTING:
%%  \pa starts a new paragraph and numbers it sequentially             %%

%% -- SECTION: 6: summary.tex
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%% -----------------  Summary portion of the patent ----------------- %%
%%
%% NOTES:
%%  - Provide a short description of the invention
%%  - Summarize the basic structure of the invention
%%    -> Main components only
%%  - Summarize how the structure works in a very cryptic way
%%  - Use no more than 4 paragraphs
%%
%% FORMATTING:
%%  \pa starts a new paragraph and numbers it sequentially             %%

%% -- SECTION: 7: drawings/description.tex
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%% ------  Brief description of drawings portion of the patent  ----- %%
%%
%% NOTES:
%%  - Summarize each drawing in one sentence per drawing
%%    -> Example: "FIG. 1 is a side view of the machine constructed 
%%                 in accordance with the present invention"
%%                "FIG. 2 show a section view along the ...
%%                 with portions broken away for clarity"
%%
%% FORMATTING:
%%  \pa starts a new paragraph and numbers it sequentially             %%

%% -- SECTION: 8: description.tex
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%% -------------  Detailed description of the patent  --------------- %%
%%
%% NOTES:
%%  - Describe how the invention is made and how it works referencing
%%    the drawings.  Charts and tables can be included in the text of
%%    the application but are kept separate as drawings.
%%  - Start with a 'birdseye' paragraph that names the major
%%    components and a short phrase after each describing their
%%    functions.  Identifying those components with even reference
%%    numbers, starting with the number 10 to identify the preferred
%%    embodiment.
%%  - Number the parts chronologically (in 'drawings/features.def') 
%%  - Describe each of the major components in separate paragraphs
%%    after the birdseye paragraph.  Refer the reader to the drawing
%%    FIG. that best shows that component.
%%  - Typically, description of how the inventions works is found
%%    after the description of the structure (although embedding this
%%    information during the description of the structure might be
%%    easier for certain inventions).
%%  - The application as a whole must show how to MAKE and how to USE
%%    the invention.  If both of these are not clearly expressed, the
%%    Patent Office may reject the application.
%%  - Some examiners can be very 'dense' - it is best to add language
%%    pertaining to how, when, and where your invention is to be used.
%%
%% FORMATTING:
%%  \pa starts a new paragraph and numbers it sequentially             %%

%% -- SECTION: 9: claims.tex
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%% -----------------  Claims portion of the patent  ----------------- %%
%%                                                                    %%
%% NOTE: Claims MUST be written by someone with extensive experience  %%
%%     : DO NOT ATTEMPT UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING!!          %%
%%     : Every word counts and can make a huge difference             %%
%%                                                                    %%
%% \cl is a counter to start a claim with sequential number           %%
%% \cll{X} refers to claim number X                                   %%

%% -- SECTION: 10: abstract.tex
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%% ---------------------  Abstract portion of patent  --------------- %%
%%

%% -- SECTION: 11: drawings/drawings.tex
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%% -----------------  Drawings portion of the patent  --------------- %%
%%                                                                    %% 
%% NOTES:                                                             %%
%% do drawings with any drawing software, i.e. xfig, photoshop        %%
%% save drawing in eps format with tight bounding box option enabled  %%
%%
%% FOR SUBFLOATS: Make sure to add the following:
%%    \addtocounter{figure}{1} 
%%    \setcounter{subfigure}{0}
%%

%% -- SECTION: 12: Makefile
input := patent.tex
output := patent.pdf

default: $(output)

clean:
	rm -rf $(output)
	rm -rf *.log *.aux *.bbl *.blg

%.pdf: %.ps
	ps2pdf $*.ps $*.pdf
	rm patent.tex

%.ps: %.dvi
	dvips -f $*.dvi > $*.ps

%.dvi: %.tex
	-latex -interaction=nonstopmode $*.tex
	latex $*.tex
	-bibtex $*
	latex $*.tex

%.tex:

attributes.def: