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An application for patent that is filed under section 111(a) or commences the national stage under section 371 shall include, or be amended to include, the name of the inventor for any invention …

An invention should include a title of the invention, a short abstract, and a detailed description of the invention. The advantages of the invention should be clearly described.

rine of invention was itself invented by the world legal culture. For scholars of intellectual property law, this history provides significant insights .

Ask questions of the inventor to get the information needed to prepare a patent specification. To draft a patent specification, you need to know a lot about the product invented, in order to ID the invention …

On two occasions the flight exceeded half an hour. Wilbur and Orville Wright, brilliant self-trained engineers, had overcome complex technical problems that had barred the way to mechanical flight …

in the writing process. Invention is an ancient technique that can help you discover ew ideas to write about. This handout will help you use two tools of invention: