Patent Preparation and Drafting

The patent specification is the document every examiner, licensee and court will read. A well-drafted application moves through examination with fewer objections and is hard to design around. A poorly drafted one invites delays, costly amendments, narrow claims and weak enforceability. However strong the technology, a patent loses value if its disclosure cannot be reproduced, if it leaves out important embodiments, or if its claims are narrower than the specification supports. We draft applications that capture the full scope of the invention and hold up in prosecution, licensing and litigation.

What We Offer

• Provisional specifications to secure an early priority date while the invention is still being developed. The complete specification must follow within 12 months, or the application is treated as abandoned.

• Complete specifications with title, field, background, summary, detailed description, claims, abstract and drawings.

• Drafting to the standards of each office, including the Indian Patent Office, USPTO, EPO, JPO and PCT.

• Pre-drafting state-of-the-art and novelty searches, to shape the claims around existing prior art.

• Review and redrafting of applications prepared by in-house teams or other counsel.

Our Approach

1. Search first. Where appropriate, we run state-of-the-art and novelty searches before drafting, so the claims are positioned against what already exists.

2. Disclosure meeting. We meet inventors and legal teams in person, by video or by phone to understand the invention, its variations and its commercial use.

3. Claims built in layers. Independent claims are drafted as broadly as the prior art allows. Dependent claims provide fallback positions. All claims are fully supported by the description.

4. Objections anticipated. We address foreseeable objections in the specification itself, including the exclusions in Section 3 of the Patents Act for software, business methods and new forms of known substances.

5. Multi-tier review. Every draft goes through technical review, legal review and proofreading before it is shared for filing.

Why Khurana & Khurana

• Drafters who understand the science. Our drafters hold advanced degrees in chemistry, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, electronics, electrical engineering, software and mechanical engineering.

• Drafted with enforcement in mind. Our firm also prepares claim charts and enforcement analyses, so we draft claims with an eye on how they will be read against an infringing product.

• Trusted by other firms. We prepare applications for leading global IP law firms as well as corporations, universities and individual inventors, under strict confidentiality.

Ready to protect your invention?

Send us a short description of your invention at info@khuranaandkhurana.com. We will advise whether to file a provisional or a complete specification first.

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Key Elements of a Patent Application

Patent Specification