LQP Ask The Patent Attorney: Is My Attorney Getting Me The Right Claims? (Part 2 of 2)

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Craige Thompson

Craige is an experienced engineer, accomplished patent attorney, and bestselling author.

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  • Assessing whether your patent attorney is getting you the right claims requires evaluating two separate things: Litigation Quality Patent Claim Criteria and Litigation Quality Patent Claim Scope.
  • Craige argues that if he were a client, these two questions would be at or near the top of the list of things to ask his own patent attorney.
  • In this episode, Craige walks through twelve high-level claim criteria that can serve as a checklist for assessing whether claims are properly balanced.
  • Using this checklist can help an applicant determine whether they are on track to get a high-value, Litigation Quality Patent.
The Bottom Line: To know whether your patent attorney is drafting the right claims, evaluate both claim criteria and claim scope, using a twelve-point checklist to check whether your claims are properly balanced for a high-value, Litigation Quality Patent.

Are you getting Litigation Quality Patent Claim Scope with your patent application? How can you tell?

Summary: Scope of a Litigation Quality Patent Claim

“Is my patent attorney getting me the right claims?” The answer to that question is two parts 1) “Litigation Quality Patent Claim Criteria”, and 2) “Litigation Quality Patent Claim Scope.” You need to handle both to assess whether your claims are on track. If I were a client of a patent attorney, these two parts would be at or near the top of the list of questions I would ask! – Craige Thompson, JD, EE, PE

In this episode of “Ask The Patent Attorney,” Craige walks you through twelve, high level claim criteria that you can used as a checklist to assess whether your claims are properly balanced so you can get a high value Litigation Quality Patent.

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