Archive - Bulletproof Patents

Foundational Concepts in Patent Law that You Should Know

So that you may not unknowingly kill your novelty

Apr 15 •

March 2025

If You Can Invent It, You Can Draft It

Digitalization is empowering DIY patents and accelerating disintermediation

Mar 31 •

Body of the claim is what follows the transitional phrase

It's where the action happens

Mar 24 •

Transitional phrase connects the preamble to the body

It qualifies what comes after it as the inventive departure

Mar 17 •

Preamble is an introduction to the body of the claim

It's length will depend on its relationship with the body

Mar 10 •

A claim comprises a preamble, a transitional phrase and a body

Each serving a distinct role in defining the invention

Mar 2 •

February 2025

The “Specification First, Claims Later” School Just Closed Down Permanently. Thanks to AI.

What is drafted first, the specification or the claim?

Feb 23 •

Don't Dodge Bullets, be Bulletproof

Prediction is better than Amendment

Feb 17 •

Bulletproof Patents - The Origin Story

How AI forced me to rethink the art of patent drafting

Feb 10 •

What has Changed Since Launching Our Patent Drafting Course

Feb 9 •

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