Software Patent Application Drafting Guideline Development

2014-05-05

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Software Patent Application Drafting Guideline Development

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2014-05-05

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Software patent drafting is a promising field because top IT (Internet Technology) companies rely on software patents to protect their products. However, software patent drafting is a relatively unknown field for technical communication students. This paper answers the questions on “how to become a patent writer” and “how to draft a software patent application” This paper provides specific required skills to become a patent writer. In addition, this paper also provides specific guidelines to drafting the most important sections in a software patent application: claim, embodiment, and diagram sections. Two patent experts working for Samsung Electronics have reviewed this work and their feedback was applied to this paper.

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Choi, Wonjong. (2014). Software Patent Application Drafting Guideline Development. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/163075.

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