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The drawings for your provisional patent application do NOT have to look good.
Hereís a video of the example invention we use in iPatentPending- it allows you to interchange
between draining and storing fluid from the head via this movable back part- we call the
Invention ëíSpooníí. Hereís a hand-drawn sketch of ëíSpooníí
in pencil on an A4 sheet- could you do a basic drawing like this to help someone understand
what your invention is? A sketch of the back view would also be great, showing the movable
back part. These two drawings alone would be great for
your provisional application. Once youíve got your pencil drawing, you
can just go over it with a black pen- Patent Offices prefer this because black line drawings
photocopy well- but donít worry, your provisional patent application will never be published.
Itís only your FULL patent application that gets published, so you donít have to worry
about your drawings not looking good. Now you can scan your drawing into your computer
with your printer/scanner. iPatentPending shows full video footage of this, and screen-capture
of how to save it once itís scanned- Perfect even if youíve never used a scanner before.
And if you donít have a scanner, you can use a mobile phone to take a picture of your
drawing and email it to yourself to get it onto your computer.
The Background may come out discoloured if you do that, so iPatentPending shows you free
software you can use to erase it, and once your drawing is in Microsoft Word, youíll
learn how to add arrows, and numbering, so that you can professionally refer to particular
parts of your invention in your written description. Thatís much better- a written description,
and a drawing- looks like youíre ready to file!
If youíd like to get iPatentPending, click here, or click here for your next tutorial
on how to FILE your provisional patent application.