Don Boys on What are the Drawing Standards for US Patent Applications

centralcoastpat... Don Boys of Central Coast Patent Agency discusses important drawing standards for provisional and non-provisional patent applications. There are specific details listed in this video that are very important to follow when creating a drawing for a patent application.
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Patent Application Drawing Standards is part of a series of videos about "How to write and file a patent application". They are created and directed by Don Boys at (CCPA) Central Coast Patent Agency in Santa Cruz CA.
Don's daughter Cynthia Lamon is also a registered patent agent. Together they have filed over 3,000 US and Foreign patent applications. They offer 45 years of expert legal experience and high-end technical knowledge, of which has earned their firm some of the very best "patent granted" rates in the industry.
#8 Drawing Standards. This video lists Patent Office standards for drawings and is the third video in Step #5 of the Patent Rights Restored procedure.
In the following slides, we will describe how you may prepare drawings in your drawing set either manually or by a computerized drawing program.
There are certain standards that must be followed for the United States Patent and Trademark Office to accept your drawings for examination of your patent application. We refer to the standards here to avoid the possibility of your preparing drawings that might not be accepted, or that will have to be corrected.
This drawing figure indicates margins, text height, line weight, and other characteristics that must be considered.
Required margins are different for left vs right and top vs bottom of a sheet, but we recommend that you maintain a margin of one inch all around your drawing sheet. That is easy to remember, doesn't get confused whether portrait or landscape and will always keep you in the clear for margins.
Lines are to be black and clear, and the weight of a pencil or ink line made manually will usually suffice. In a computerized program, a weight of 1 point is acceptable and may be somewhat heavier, though weights beyond 3 points may be too much. Stay at one point or two point line weight.
All text is to be black and clear and at least 1/8 in. height. Typically 12 point is acceptable in most computer fonts. 14 point is a bit safer. We recommend 14 point font for element numbers and text in a drawing, and 20 point for figure numbers.
The complete set of drawing standards for the USPTO is available as Section 1.84 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
The URL for this downloadable PDF file is
www.uspto.gov/w...
Section 1.84 for Drawing Standards is in this document from page 109 through page 113.

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