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Quick Field Guide
field guide for basic patent searches
and patent applications
or Ask!
Read the
questions below.
- if your answer to a question is "yes", the subject is probably in
the designated field, but a check of the other questions is still recommended.
Chemical Field
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Does your search subject
involve, require or contain ingredients? (Examples - ingredients for food
products, or cleaners, or paints, or fertilizers, etc.)
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Is your search subject a liquid?
(Examples - drink, shampoo, cleaner, etc.)
Mechanical Field
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Does your search subject
involve, require or contain components? (Examples - parts for a machine,
or for a product, etc.)
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Is your search subject a single Part Solid
object? (Examples - crutches, basketball, baking tray, luggage rack, etc.)
Electronic Field
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Does your search subject
involve, require or contain electrical/electronic circuits/wiring?
(Examples - circuits/wiring in toasters, or remote control units, or solenoids,
or alarms, etc.)
Business Method (MOD) Field
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Does your search subject
involve, require or contain non-manufacturing steps to be taken? (Examples
- steps in a method of measuring something, collecting something, rating
something etc.)
Software Field
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Does your search subject
involve, require or contain computer software? (Examples - incorporates
existing computer programs, is a new computer program, etc.)
Industrial Field
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Does your subject involve, require or contain machinery or engineered
structures: (Examples, vehicle motors, bridges, etc.
If your search subject is not in any of the above categories,
or the questions do not help you choose the category, please request
assistance in selecting the search field
on-line. You must be able to either
define the search subject generically or provide a comparable item.
Example - the
generic for a new golf club design would be "golf club" and a category
description of "for sports" would not be adequate.
Example - a new device for cooking might be comparable to a toaster or a
frying pan, but probably not equally comparable to both.
or call
312.226.8030 or email
→
jnorek <at> noreklaw.com
for assistance in selecting the search field.
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