[Patentpractice] Guidelines for draftsperson

Tue Dec 5 13:50:18 EST 2023

I agree. You should find another draftsperson if you’re having these kinds of problems.

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If you must send a letter like this to a draftsperson, you need a different draftsperson. I’ve never had any of the issues you imply in your draft, and I’ve used the same draftsperson for 25 years. Let me know if you want his contact information.

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From: Patentpractice <patentpractice-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com<mailto:patentpractice-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com>> on behalf of David Boundy via Patentpractice <patentpractice at oppedahl-lists.com<mailto:patentpractice at oppedahl-lists.com>>
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Subject: [Patentpractice] Guidelines for draftsperson
I just got back a set of drawings from my draftsperson.  I always have to explain the same stuff over and over again, so I am consolidating all my views of the right way to do drawings in a memo that I can include with the drawings the first time.  Here is a first draft.  What are your hot buttons?   I'll add them (and then send the consolidated doc to folks that ask for it -- attachments won't circulate through the listserv)

Here are a few guidelines for good patent drawings.
BIG is better, white space is bad.   Always keep in mind that the goal is to show, to teach.  In patent drawings, the drawings should almost always be as big as they can be.  White space is bad.  The required margins are:

•         For A4, top 2.5cm, left 2.5cm, right 1.5cm, bottom 1cm, leaving a site of 26.2cm×17cm.  Recommended maximum: top 4cm, left 4cm, right 3cm, bottom 3cm

•          For 8 ½ ×11, same margins, leaving a sight of 17.6cm×24.4cm (6 15/16 × 9 5/8)

•          White space between the figures of a sheet should be fairly small—not crowded, but as tight as reasonable.  Every square centimeter of white space is a wasted opportunity.
In almost all cases, the drawings should come out to touch those margins at three of the four edges.
Placement of FIG legends:

•          If there’s a neutral white corner of the figure, put the FIG legend there.  Centering the FIG legend as a matter of habit is wasted opportunity.  If the size of the figure is reduced at all to accommodate the FIG legend, then almost always something should move.  Sometimes it’s unavoidable, but rarely.

•          Avoid putting the FIG legend in the space between two figures—that creates ambiguity.  Most of the time, the FIG legend should be somewhere away from the center of the sheet, and not in the space between figures, so that the designation of a figure is unambiguous.
Layout of figures on sheets.  Pay attention to what the drawings are trying to show, and arrange the figures on the sheets accordingly.  Sometimes, the goal is detail of one drawing.  Sometimes the goal is to show a storyboard, a time-sequence.  For a detail, the individual drawing should be big.  For a storyboard, it’s OK to make the drawings a little smaller so that they fit on a sheet to show the time sequence—the time sequence is far more visible if the figures are on one sheet than if they’re one-to-the-sheet
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