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1. A method of preparing a patent application comprising the steps of;
numbering and rearranging the order of claims and duplicating claims into the specification and assigning reference numerals to elements, running a software macro to present a Tool bar in a word processing program, presenting options in the Tool bar on a display screen of Application Settings and Setup and Add Claim and Check Claims and Number Claims and Build Description and Build Intro Sections and Build Abstract and Count Abstract and Format and Mark Element and Element List and Element Combinations and Number Patent and Protect, (A) selecting Application Settings to present the options of selecting Automatic Save Document and Automatic Backup Document prior to starting task, (B) selecting the Setup option in the Tool bar to display a Patent Setup data block, (B.1) presenting a Title data line in the Patent Setup data block, (B.2) inserting the title of the invention in the Title data line of the Patent Setup data block, (B.3) presenting an Owner Number file number data line in the Patent Setup data block, (B.4) inserting a file number used by the patent owner in Owner Number file number data line of the Patent Setup data block, (B.5) presenting an Attorney Number file number data line in the Patent Setup data block, (B.6) inserting a file number used by the patent preparer in Attorney Number file number data line of the Patent Setup data block, (B.7) presenting a Place in Header option for placing the Owner Number file number in the header or the footer line in the Patent Setup data block, (B.8) presenting a Suppress Default Captions option in the Patent Setup data block for deleting the default captions of Owner Number and Attorney Number with the respective file numbers in the footer and header of the document, (B.9) displaying an Heading Options (32) in the Patent Setup data block, (B.9.1) selecting the Heading Options (32) in the Patent Setup data block to present a Patent Headings data block with a plurality of heading data lines, (B.9.2) displaying a name adjacent each heading data line includingRelated and Background and Field and Prior Art and Summary and Drawings and Description and Claims and Abstract and Classification and Element List,
(B.9.3) displaying a default heading in each heading data line, (B.9.4) editing the default heading in the respective heading data lines for insertion into the application, (C) selecting Add Claim in the Tool bar to add the next numbered claim with the preamble of the previous claim, (D) selecting Check Claims in the Tool bar to check the claims for a characterized by clause, (E) selecting Number Claims in the Tool bar to present a Claim Numbering data block with the claim numbers therein, (E.1) presenting adjacent the Claim Numbering data block the options of List and Tree for displaying the claim numbers in the Claim Numbering data block in a list or in a claim dependency tree schematically showing the dependency of the claims, (E.2) selecting the List option to display the claim numbers in a list in the Claim Numbering data block, (E.3) selecting the Tree option to display the claim numbers in a dependency tree in the Claim Numbering data block, (E.4) presenting a Collect option adjacent the Claim Numbering data block for arranging the order of and renumbering the claims to place each claim as close as possible to the parent claim from which it depends, (E.5) selecting the Collect option to arrange the order of and renumbering the claims to place each claim as close as possible to the parent claim, (E.6) presenting a copy to clipboard option icon adjacent the Claim Numbering data block for copying the claim dependency tree and the claim list to the clipboard, (E.7) selecting the copy to clipboard option icon adjacent the Claim Numbering data block to copy the claim dependency tree and the claim list to the clipboard, (E.8) presenting a Claim Number text window adjacent the Claim Numbering data block for displaying only the text of a claim number highlighted in the Claim Numbering data block, (E.9) highlighting a claim number in the Claim Numbering data block to present the text of the highlighted claim in the Claim Number text window andchanging the name of the Claim Number text window to Claim followed by the number of the claim number highlighted in the Claim Numbering data block,
(E.10) presenting a Parent Claim text window adjacent the Claim Numbering data block, (E.11) displaying the text of the parent claim to the claim number highlighted in the Claim Numbering data block in the Parent Claim text window and changing the name of the Parent Claim text window to Parent Claim followed by the number of the claim from which the claim number highlighted in the Claim Numbering data block depends, (E.12) highlighting an independent claim in the Claim Numbering data block to display the text of the independent claim in the Claim Number text window, (E.13) presenting a Change Claim Number option in the Claim Numbering data block, (E.14) presenting a Change Claim Number data line in response toclicking the Change Claim Number option for inserting a different number to renumber the claim being highlighted in the Claim Number window,
(E.15) changing the claim number highlighted in the Claim Number text window to re-number the claims, (E.16) presenting a Change Dependency option in the Claim Numbering data block, (E.17) presenting a Change Parent Claim data line in response to clicking the Change Dependency option for inserting a different number to change the number of the claim being highlighted in the Claim Number text window, (E.18) changing the claim number highlighted in the Claim Number text window to change the dependency of the claim and to re-number the claims, (E.19) displaying an Insert option adjacent the Claim Numbering data block for inserting a claim dependent upon a claim number highlighted in the Claim Numbering data block, (E.20) presenting the display of an Insert Claims data block unless a claim number is highlighted in the Claim Numbering data block, (E.21) displaying the Insert Claims data block in response to clicking the Insert option, (E.21.1) presenting a Number of Claims to be Inserted data line in the Insert Claims data block for inserting the number of claims to be inserted, (E.21.2) inserting the number of claims in the Number of Claims to be Inserted data line in the Insert Claims data block, (E.21.3) displaying a Insert Claim After Claim data line in the Insert Claims data block for inserting the number of the claim preceding the first claim to be inserted, (E.21.4) inserting the number of the claim preceding the first inserted claim in the Insert Claim After Claim data line in the Insert Claims data block, (E.21.5) presenting a Preamble data block displaying the preamble of the first claim to be inserted, (E.21.6) editing in the Preamble data block to insert the preamble of the first claim to be inserted, (E.22) presenting a Remove option adjacent the Claim Numbering data block for removing a claim, (E.23) selecting the Remove option and removing a claim, (E.24) presenting an Add option adjacent the Claim Numbering data block for adding a claim, (E.25) selecting the Add option and adding a claim, (F) selecting Format in the Tool bar to display a Format Document option block, (F.1) presenting a Show Paragraph Numbers option in the Format Document data block, (F.2) selecting the Show Paragraph Numbers option for showing the successive numbers of successive paragraphs in brackets at the beginning of each paragraph in the application, (F.3) presenting a Show Line Numbers option in the Format Document data block to select the option of showing at least some of the line numbers on each page of the application, (F.4) selecting the Show Line Numbers option for showing at least some of the line numbers on each page of the application, (F.5) presenting a Justify option in the Format Document data block to select the option of justifying the text on each page of the application, (F.6) selecting the Justify option in the Format Document data block to justify the text on each page of the application, (F.7) presenting a Include Line Between Claims option in the Format Document data block to select the option of providing an extra line between claims, (F.8) selecting the Include Line Between Claims option to provide an extra line between claims, (F.9) presenting a New Page For Independent Claims option in the Format Document data block to select the option of starting each independent claim at the top of a new page in the application, (F.10) selecting the New Page For Independent Claims option to start each independent claim at the top of a new page in the application, (F.11) presenting a Do Not Add Abstract Title option in the Format Document data block to select the option of omitting the title on the Abstract page, (F.12) selecting the Do Not Add Abstract Title option in the Format Document data block to omit the title on the Abstract page, (F.13) presenting a Respect Current Fonts option in the Format Document data block to select the option of preserving changes to default fonts, (F.14) selecting the Respect Current Fonts option to preserve changes to default fonts, (F.15) presenting a Respect Current Tabs option in the Format Document data block to select the option of preserving changes to default tabs, (F.16) selecting the Respect Current Tabs option to preserve changes to default tabs, (G) selecting Build Description in the Tool bar to present a Select Claims data block with the claims listed therein, (G.1) presenting a Build Text option in response to selecting Build Description, (G.2) displaying in the Build Text option advice that text already exists in the description section and the YES and NO options to add the new text, (G.3) selecting the YES option, (G.4) presenting a Select Claims data block in response to selecting Build Description and one of the Build Text options when Build Text appears, (G.5) displaying a claim numbers data line with the claim numbers therein in the Select Claims data block, (G.6) displaying a claim text data line for presenting the text of claims therein in the Select Claims data block, (G.7) highlighting at least one claim number in the claim numbers data line, (G.8) displaying the text of the highlighted claim in the claim text data line in response to highlighting the claim in the claim numbers data line, (G.9) displaying a Use Selected option in the Select Claims data block, (G.10) displaying a Use All option in the Select Claims data block, (G.11) selecting the Use Selected option in the Select Claims data block, (G.12) selecting the Use All option in the Select Claims data block, (G.13) duplicating the highlighted claims in response to selecting the Use Selected option into a description section of the application without claim numbers and without the word “said” and having paragraph numbers in brackets, (G.14) duplicating all of the claims in response to selecting the Use All option into a description section of the application without claim numbers and without the word “said” and having paragraph numbers in brackets, (G.15) presenting the Format Now block with YES and NO options for formatting the document, (G.16) formatting the document in response to selecting the YES option in the Format Now block, (H) highlighting an element name in the description section, (I) selecting Mark Element in the Tool bar to present an Add Element data block with the high-lighted element name presented, (I.1) presenting options in the Add Element data block to Edit After Creation and to Create Element Combination, (I.2) selecting Edit After Creation to display an Element data block presenting the element name and synonyms of the element name and an Add option for adding and an Edit option for editing synonyms and a Remove option for removing a synonym and a Lock Element Numeral option to lock the reference numeral to be assigned to the element name to prevent that assigned reference numeral from being changed and an Override Symbol data line for inserting a special reference symbol for the element name and an Element Combinations option, (I.2.1) selecting the Add option to display an Add Synonym data block for entering additional synonyms for the displayed element name, (I.2.2) assigning the reference numerals assigned to the element name to all occurrences of that element name and all synonyms added and edited, (J) selecting Element Combinations in the Tool bar or in any of the Element data blocks to display an Element Combinations data block, (J.1) presenting an Inferred Combinations data line in the Element Combinations data block to display a selected element name in the plural without an adjective and all reference numerals used with that selected element name differentiated by adjectives, (J.2) presenting a Disabled Combinations option the in the Element Combinations data block to disable the assignment of any reference numerals to the selected element name in the Inferred Combinations data line so that no reference numeral is assigned to the selected element name when used alone without an adjective and presenting the option to re-enable the assignment of any reference numerals to the selected element name, (J.3) presenting a User Defined Combinations data line the in the Element Combinations data block to add the selected element name and a new adjective to be numbered with the reference numerals of certain adjectives used with the selected element name, (K) selecting Number Patent in the Tool bar, (K.1) displaying a different reference numeral with each root element name with a different adjective to describe different elements in response to highlighting each root element name plus the different adjective for each different adjectively distinguished element in response to selecting Number Patent in the Tool bar, (K.2) displaying all of the different reference numerals assigned to the root element name differentiated by different adjectives in each instance of the root element name being used without a differentiating adjective in response to selecting Number Patent in the Tool bar, (K.3) displaying the reference numerals assigned to each element name to all occurrences of that element name and all synonyms added and edited, (L) selecting Element List in the Tool bar to display an Element List data block to present a list of the element names and the assigned reference numerals along with options to Add and Remove and Edit and to Sort the presented elementnames alternately alphabetically or in order of reference numeral,
(L.1) selecting the Add option on the Element List data block to present the Add Element data block, (L.2) adding an element in the Add Element data block, (L.3) presenting the Element data block in response to adding an element in the Add Element data block and in response to highlighting an element name in the Element List and selecting the Edit option on the Element List data block, (L.4) highlighting an element name in the Element List and selecting the Remove option on the Element List data block to remove an element name from the Element List, (L.5) successively selecting the Sort option (38) on the Element List data block to sort the element names on the list alternately in order of reference numeral or alphabetically, (M) presenting a Number Patent option block presenting the headings of Detailed Description and Abstract and Claims in response to selecting the Number Patent option in the Tool bar, (M.1) presenting a Show Numbers option under each of the headings of Detailed Description and Abstract and Claims on the Number Patent option block for selecting to show reference numerals therein, (M.2) inserting the element numerals with each occurrence of the element name in the description section of the application in response to selecting the Show Numbers option under the Detailed Description heading, (M.3) inserting the element numerals with each occurrence of the element name in the Abstract section of the application in response to selecting the Show Numbers option under the Abstract heading, (M.4) inserting the element numerals with each occurrence of the element name in the Claims section of the application in response to selecting the Show Numbers option under the Claims heading, (M.5) presenting a Bold Face option under each of the headings of Detailed Description and Abstract and Claims on the Number Patent option block for selecting to show bold reference numerals therein, (M.6) inserting the element numerals in a bold font with each occurrence of the element name in the description section of the application in response to selecting the Bold Face option under the Detailed Description heading, (M.7) inserting the element numerals in a bold font with each occurrence of the element name in the Abstract section of the application in response to selecting the Bold Face option under the Abstract heading, (M.8) inserting the element numerals in a bold font with each occurrence of the element name in the Claims section of the application in response to selecting the Bold Face option under the Claims heading, (M.9) presenting a Include Parenthesis option under each of the headings of Detailed Description and Abstract and Claims on the Number Patent option block for selecting to show reference numerals in parenthesis therein, (M.10) inserting the element numerals between parenthesis in each occurrence of the element name in the description section of the application in response to selecting the Include Parenthesis option under the Detailed Description heading, (M.11) inserting the element numerals between parenthesis in each occurrence of the element name in the Abstract section of the application in response to selecting the Include Parenthesis option under the Abstract heading, (M.12) inserting the element numerals between parenthesis in each occurrence of the element name in the Claims section of the application in response toselecting the Include Parenthesis option under the Claims heading,
(M.13) presenting a Building Element List option on the Number Patent option block for electing to generate an element list, (M.14) generating the element list in response to selecting the Building Element List option, (M.15) presenting a Report Element Problems option on the Number Patent option block for electing to generate an Element Report data block in response to inconsistencies in the element list, (M.16) generating an Element Report data block response to inconsistencies in the element list in response to selecting the Report Element Problems option, (M.17) presenting a Reorder Numbers option on the Number Patent option block for electing to assign reference numerals to elements in the order of being first recited in the description section of the application so that the elements are numbered in order of first recitation in the description section of the application, (M.18) presenting a Starting Number data line on the Number Patent option block for selecting the lowest reference numeral to be used in numbering the elements in the application and presenting a default starting reference numeral, (M.19) replacing the default reference numeral in the Starting Number data line on the Number Patent option block with the lowest reference numeral to be used in numbering the elements in the application, (M.20) presenting an Increment data line on the Number Patent option block for selecting the number of numerals to be omitted between reference numerals to be used in numbering the elements in the application, (M.21) inserting the number of numerals to be omitted between reference numerals in the Increment data line, (M.22) assigning the reference numerals with element names and synonyms in the order of being first recited in the description section of the application and starting with the lowest reference numeral in the Starting Number data line and separated by the number of numerals to be omitted in the Increment data line, (M.23) presenting an OK option on the Number Patent option block, (N) displaying the reference numerals with element names and synonyms in the application in response to selecting the Number Patent option in the Tool bar and/or selecting OK in anyone of the Number Patent option block and the Add Element and Edit After Creation and Create Element Combination data blocks, (O) selecting Protect in the Tool bar to display a Protect Numbers data block presenting a Protect Selected Text Numbers option and an Auto-Protect option, (O.1) highlighting a number in the application to be protected against change, (O.2) selecting the Protect Selected Text Numbers option to add the numbers to be protected and assigning a sequential digit in the Protect Numbers data block, (O.3) selecting the Auto-Protect option to present an AutoProtect Numbers data block presenting a This Document heading and an All Document heading with a before data line and an after data line associated with each heading and presenting an Add option and a Remove option adjacent each before and after data line and an OK option, (O.3.1) presenting an AutoProtect data line for inserting a word so that all numbers before the word will be automatically protected from change during patent numbering routines in response to clicking the Add option associated with either of the before data lines of either of the Document headings, (O.3.2) inserting a word in the AutoProtect data line to protect numbers before the word, (O.3.3) presenting an AutoProtect data line for inserting a word so that all numbers after the word will be automatically protected from change during patent numbering routines in response to clicking the Add option associated with either ofthe after data lines of either of the Document headings,
(O.3.4) inserting a word in the AutoProtect data line to protect all numbers after the word, (O.3.5) protecting against change all numbers before and after the words inserted in anyone of the AutoProtect data lines during patent numbering routines in response to selecting the OK option presented by the AutoProtect Numbers data block, (O.3.6) removing a word from a data line in response to highlighting the word and clicking on the Remove option associated with anyone of the data lines of the Document headings in the AutoProtect Numbers data block, (P) selecting the Build Intro Sections option in the Tool bar, (P.1) presenting the Select Claims data block in response to selecting Build Intro Sections option in the Tool bar to present a claim to be used as an intro claim in building the introductory sections of the application, (P.2) duplicating the characterized by portion of the intro claim into a Summary of Invention section of the application without a claim number and without the word “said” and without reference numerals in response to executing the Select Claims data block, (P.3) duplicating that portion of the intro claim preceding the characterized by clause into a Background section of the application without the claim number and without the word “said” and without reference numerals in response to executing the Select Claims data block, (P.4) duplicating the preamble of the intro claim into a Technical Field section of the application without a claim number and without the word “said” and without reference numerals in response to executing the Select Claims data block, (P.5) displaying a cross reference heading to another application as the first heading in the application in response to executing the Select Claims data block, (P.6) editing the introductory sections of the application, (Q) creating an Abstract page in response to selecting the Build Abstract option in the Tool bar, (R) automatically changing the paragraph numbers in brackets in response to adding a paragraph to the application, (S) selecting the Count Abstract option in the Tool bar, and (T) counting and presenting the number of words absent reference numerals in the Abstract section in response to selecting the Count Abstract option. |
