Schematic drawings for patents should not be made by free hand. How to do that technically ? - which tools to use ? Any suggestions for good electronic symbol templates ?
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i once read a book "patent it yourself", and maybe you find references there to cad programs. Mastering the patent lingo is another art to develop.
me, once skilled in the art.. (50+ patents redacted by others)
me, once skilled in the art.. (50+ patents redacted by others)
IIRC the preferred (and therefore cheaper) way is electronic submission now, at least for the USPTO. I had no problem with bitmaps (screenshots) -> PDF, as long as they were monochrome.
For drawings the online service diagrams.net was a pleasant work, but offline Visio etc. would do too.
I've used the drawing tools within FrameMaker and later, Microsoft Word, to draw circuit schematic diagrams for patent applications. Now I use Microsoft Visio.
Thanks, I will check out Visio, online application here only for big companies.
Don‘t know if plotting or printing is allowed.
Don‘t know if plotting or printing is allowed.
Which shapes or stencils are best for electronic schematics, with transistors, tubes, capacitors, resistors, etc. ?
Can LTspice be used for creating good schematic diagrams?
Can LTspice be used for creating good schematic diagrams?
Looks like visio needs microsoft account, microsoft email, etc.
I would prefer to buy symbol templates for drawing with a pen on paper.
I would prefer to buy symbol templates for drawing with a pen on paper.
It is irrelevant what you use as tool. The important thing (for you) is that it is clear, unambiguous, no chance for confusion.
I would do it by pencil until you are absolutely satisfied that there are no ambiguities.
For the final submission you can then draw it nicely with whatever you want.
Jan
I would do it by pencil until you are absolutely satisfied that there are no ambiguities.
For the final submission you can then draw it nicely with whatever you want.
Jan
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Maybe not relevant but FYI - I've submitted patents with hand drawn diagrams. The key is that they are clear and accurate. Not sure if you can still do this, but in several cases I just typed up a description to go with the drawings, then you upload them to the US patent website and use your credit card to pay for a quick registration fee (it used to be $100) and you then have a year to go away and write it all up properly.
That has to be torture.
What Jan said.
I use VectorWorks. I have some 30 years experience with it. And very comfortable with it and a large collection of bits already drawn that can be repurosed in another drawing.
You can see lots of my work posted here. An example.
dave
I arrived at a two step process where I produced rough plots and schematics and then printed to PDF and imported the vector art into a second program (Adobe Illustrator) for clean up.
Hold on.... by "schematic" are you referring to schematics of electronic circuits? In that case Xcircuit is the way to go!
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Thanks for that tip. I've never seen nor used Xcircuit. It describes it'self as LaTex for drawings so it will be super flexible but with a learning curve and I suspect it's way 'more' than what is needed for a patent application - more useful for patent publication maybe. I use MacOSX and they say it can be loaded on a Mac so I may try that.
Yes, schematics like in post #12.
Unfortunately here online application is only feasible forpatent lawyers and companies.
I need physical drawing.
So "funny", I checked all sources of information and nowhere prints from cad files are mentioned.