The Patent Process Determine the type of intellectual property you need. Determine if your invention is patentable. Determine what kind of patent you need. Get ready to apply. Submit your application. Work with your examiner. Receive your approval. Maintain your patent.
Best Practices for Patent Drafting Clear and Specific Language: Use clear and concise language to describe the invention. Enablement and Best Mode: Ensure the description is sufficiently detailed to enable a person skilled in the field to practice the invention without undue experimentation.
Applicants must have: Bachelor's level degree in law, and/ or in science and technology such as engineering, agriculture, environmental, information technology/ ICT, life sciences, medicine, physics, chemistry, communication sciences, biology, or biotechnology.
Filing for a patent includes a stringent process in which the inventor would have to provide a detailed description of their idea. This description must explain why the idea is original and innovative – chronicling all the necessary facets of the invention that make it so. This process is called patent drafting.