A patent is a legal document that gives the owner the right to prevent others from practicing an invention as it is claimed in the patent. The law requires that an invention must be described so that it can be made and used without "undue experimentation."To outline the college's policy regarding patents and non-patentable discoveries. 3. This invention relates to a novel method for converting one or more steel shipping containers to a habitable building. Determining the meaning of patent claims necessarily requires a judge to break the text of a claim into discrete "elements" or units of text. A. Clark has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. Generally speaking, a patent is divided into a specification, drawings and patent claims. Here, Clark offers advice on what to expect when embarking on the patent application process. 1. First, the Article presents facts about patent litigation.