Questions tagged [embodiments]
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What if a modification to the main embodiment contradicts some of the general statements?
Throughout the specifications of the patent application, general teachings or details are given about the general idea of the invention.
However, a specific modification of the main embodiment later ...
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what if certain embodiment is clearly preferred even though it is explicitly stated that no embodiment is preferred?
In the language of the background discussion for the invention, a certain embodiment, XYZ, is clearly favored and preferred, as its features are touted repeatedly.
However, the application does ...
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significance of "preferred" embodiments?
I've read some utility applications that explicitly claim certain embodiments are preferred, while some applications explicitly mention that none of the embodiments should be viewed as preferred.
what ...
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does it hurt to specify design around embodiments that have a low chance of being allowed in your patent application?
There are a few bad design arounds for my invention that have low chances of being allowed.
Is it possible that it would hurt any way to include these embodiments in the specifications?
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Torn between choosing a simple embodiment and a complex embodiment for the detailed specification
I'm in the process of writing the detailed specification for a patent draft.
I have two embodiments, where embodiment A is a simpler one and embodiment B is a more complex one. In real-life practice, ...
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relationship between claims and embodiments
When drafting a utility patent applications, which component is decided first, the claims (scope) or the embodiments?
Does the claims come first and then the inventor furnish as much embodiments as ...
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Embodiment with optional feature vs two separate embodiments?
Suppose I've invented a hoverboard (Claim 1) and furthermore it can optionally have wheels that can be lowered for effect (Claim 2 reciting the machine of Claim 1 further comprising the wheels).
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Patenting a feature of a larger invention where that feature is listed in the embodiments of a prior patent
A competitor patent has a certain implementation which is listed as an alternative embodiment in the detailed specification, although it is not covered in the claims.
My own invention comprises ...
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What is the point of multiple embodiments that are not covered by the claims?
If the protection for a patent is defined by the claims, what is the point of listing multiple embodiments in the specification that are not mentioned in the claims? Is there any advantage of doing ...
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How to cover multiple modes of a power supply?
Many possible power supplies exist:
As a real example, a non-novel part of a disclosure (e.g. powering the microprocessor or general-purpose computer) may derive power from a battery (all kinds, one ...
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What does the term "embodiment" mean in the software patent?
What does the term "embodiment" mean in the software patent?
I often see this term embodiment in the patent documents (i.e. 1st embodiment, 2nd embodiment). Dictionary meaning of the term ...
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Two alternative element in one independent claim
Can I use two alternative element without broder statement without covers both? (In one independent claim) (In EPO application)
In example, X comprising (A or B) and C (it is an independent apparatus ...
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Can alternative embodiments well known to skilled persons but not described in my description be protected by my broad claim?
I missed from the description some alternative embodiments, particularly some different structures/versions/variations. The claim is broad and it is not limited to the embodiments of the description ...
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‘Preferred embodiment’ containing salient details
When a patent talks about a ‘preferred embodiment’ but goes onto to describe other particular details of a product am I right in thinking that none of those additional details are protected?
The ...
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Reciting claims for elements whose function can be achieved by multiple different mechanisms
I need to hear some of your strategies adopted to deal with a common situation as described in the title of this thread.
As we know, an invention has multiple elements each providing its own function ...
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What does "in a further preferred embodiment" refer to in a patent?
I'm reading through a patent and in the section titled "Detailed Description of Preferred Embodiment" there are several paragraphs that begin with:
In a further preferred embodiment of the ...
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Risks of "kitchen sink" disclosures?
It is common practice when writing specifications to disclose a broad range of possible embodiments "just to be safe", and without much thought to how such embodiments might be realized in ...
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Why not refer to the invention as the invention?
A passage from the NOLO's "Patent Pending in 24 hours" 6th ed. pp 124 indicates
Be sure to include a disclaimer to introduce your advantages section
as we have done above and if possible, avoid ...
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"embodiment" vs. "invention"
Why does "embodiment" seem now to be so favored by patent attorneys over the term "invention"?
CONTEXT: On a recent provisional, I had an experienced attorney consulting pro bono and the first thing ...
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Extracting a detail from specifications of one patent application to create a new patent application
In the course of developing specifications for one patent application, one of the subordinate details envisioned and described among alternate embodiments seems to have potential to be split off into ...
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When are "new embodiments" new embodiments and when are new inventions?
Say for instance you have filed a provisional specification covering a first embodiment 1. You then start preparing for the subsequent non-provisional utility patent specification. During the drafting ...
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Is there a requirement to explicitly call out a preferred embodiment?
In a patent application, is it acceptable to mention several potential embodiments, and say you don't know which one is preferred? Or should you just mention the one that you have implemented?
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Can a patent have more than one, multiple preferred embodiments?
Can a patent have more than one multiple preferred embodiments?
Where is this discussed in MPEP?
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