PTO accepts PDF format for all patent application however if you wish to receive other formats like AI, DWG, PPT, VSD, JPEG, CAD, CDR etc., We can also deliver these formats at free of cost.

NO, you need to pay any extra amount for the amendments/iterations. The iteration is FREE, and you will receive the revised drawing within 1-2 working days.

Yes, we can create drawings for all countries and PTOs at no additional cost. Our draftsmen are well equipped and qualified to prepare the drawings for all PTOs.

Yes, we create the formal patent drawings as per the PTO rules and regulations. Our draftsmen are highly qualified and experienced. We had prepared more than 20,000 formal drawings over the years.

A provisional application will be advantageous when certain details of the invention need to be further developed or refined. By filing a provisional sooner, an earlier filing date is secured for whatever invention details currently exist. Any new subject matter can be added to a non-provisional application that will claim priority back to the provisional application. Provisional patent application is effective to stop the clock relative to so-called statutory bars and immediately upon filing a provisional patent application you can say you have a patent pending. Provisional patent applications, done properly, are a great way to take a first step toward a utility patent.Also the Provisional patent application helps protect the invention from being copied during the 12-month period before a formal patent application (Non-Provisional) is filed.

SLS can pretty much take any CAD file format out there. Anything that is compatible with AutoCAD or Solidworks will work.

Specifically, files with the extensions - .dwg, .iges, .igs, .stp, .step, .sldasm (this one needs all the part files as well), and numerous others as well.

First, try to be at eye level with the object so if you have to put it up on a shelf or you kneel down, eye level is best. Second, don't stand too close to the object. Stand back as far as practical and zoom in to fill the camera screen. This greatly reduces capturing a distorted image of the object.

Black and white photographs are not generally permitted in utility and design patent applications unless this is the only practicable medium for illustrating the claimed invention. For example, photographs of electrophoresis gels, blots, autoradiographs, cell cultures, histological tissue cross-sections, animals, plants, in vivo imaging, etc. Color photographs can be accepted in utility and design patent applications if the conditions for accepting color drawings and black and white photographs have been satisfied by the applicant.

The basic USPTO requirements for patent drawings are as follows:

Each sheet and figure must be numbered consecutively. All text must must be at least 1/8 inch in height for legibility when scanned and reduced. Use either A4 paper or letter size paper for US patent. Margin of sheet should be 1 inch on the top and left side, 5/8" on the right and 3/8" on the bottom. For utility or provisional patent application, each drawing must be identify with a Figure number. Lines of drawings must be well defined, not blurry. No copy marks, handwritten notes, must be on the drawing.

The turnaround time depends on the complexity of the project, and the number of drawings needed. The turnaround time is also dependent on the material given to us to prepare the drawing.

The illustrators at ASCADEX can meet any deadline requested from us by the inventor. For example, we can complete a patent drawing within a day or within two weeks however, to determine the exact turnaround time for your project we need to have a clear understanding of the invention by reviewing whatever you have.

A creative idea that can help simplify any difficult task.

Drawings are a way to show the invention so that the patent examiner can understand what is novel and innovative in the invention.

Drawings easily show what the inventor wants to claim.

• Drawings are a way to show the invention so that the patent examiner can understand what is novel and innovative in the invention.

• Must have utility – it should work.

• Must be inventiveness – must be a new development or an improvement of an existing technology that would not have been obvious to someone working in your area of specialty.

To be granted a patent, your invention can be:

• a product (a door lock)

• a composition (a chemical composition used in lubricants for door locks)

• a machine (a machine for making door locks)

• a process (a method for making door locks)

• an improvement on any of these.

The inventor needs to file a patent application in his own country to protect his invention. If he wants to protect his invention in other countries, he needs to file a separate patent application in that country.