π Dan Shapiro Β» How to read a patent in 60 seconds
Dan Shapiro Β» How to read a patent in 60 seconds Step 1: Skip the title Step 2: Skip the drawings Step 3: Skip the abstract Step 4: Skip the specification Step 5: Find the independent claims, and read them Step 6: Back to skipping β toss the dependent claims [unless the independent ones are bogus/obvious] Useful for checking βrequests for prior artβ in Ask Patents