2019年6月30日 星期日

美國專利圖式規定筆記

本篇參考MPEP 1825(https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s1825.html

過去的資料:https://enpan.blogspot.com/2019/05/mpep-1825.html

本篇筆記圖式規定筆記:

1. 圖式應該以耐用、黑色、夠深、線條一致、明確的方式繪製,不要有顏色。
2. 橫截面應以斜線表示,要好讀而不要影響其他參考標記與線條。
3. 圖示內容以在縮小2/3仍能讓人理解其中標記與線條來繪製。
4. 圖式應以圖形方式表示(graphically),如此表示不要圖示表格、文章、程式碼...,但仍有例外,如基因碼之類的。
5. 圖式中的數字,字母和線條應簡明,不要與括號、圓圈或引號(inverted commas)一起用。
6. 圖中的線條應該是用繪圖工具繪製,如CAD。
7. 圖中每個元件應該以適當比例表示(工程圖不是卡通圖)。
8. 圖中的數字與字母不能小於0.32cm,字體用拉丁和慣用的希臘字母。
9. 一張圖面可以幾個圖(只要滿足以上要求)。
10. 若以多張圖面(sheet s)表示一個完整的圖(figures),這幾個圖面彼此組合不能隱藏其中任何部份,也就是要連貫而一致,該出現的元件要出現,不要有元件走出圖面,另一圖面又不見了。
11. 儘量不要浪費空間,所以可以多張圖式放在一個圖面上,彼此明確區隔。
12. 不同的圖式應以阿拉伯數字連續標示。
13. 在說明書中沒有提到的符號不要出現在圖式中,反之亦然。
14. 在各國申請案中(相同申請),應以相同的符號表示。
15. 如果途中包括多量的標記,建議用「另一張紙」列出所有參考標記及其表示的特徵。
16. 每張圖面的頁碼可以用1/3, 2/3, 3/3表示共有3張圖,其中第幾張表示。
17. 每個圖式以Fig. 1, Fig. 2的方式表示。


[相關法條]

11.13 Special Requirements for Drawings

  • (a) Drawings shall be executed in durable, black, sufficiently dense and dark, uniformly thick and well-defined, lines and strokes without colorings.
  • (b) Cross-sections shall be indicated by oblique hatching which should not impede the clear reading of the reference signs and leading lines.
  • (c) The scale of the drawings and the distinctness of their graphical execution shall be such that a photographic reproduction with a linear reduction in size to two-thirds would enable all details to be distinguished without difficulty.
  • (d) When, in exceptional cases, the scale is given on a drawing, it shall be represented graphically.
  • (e) All numbers, letters and reference lines, appearing on the drawings, shall be simple and clear. Brackets, circles or inverted commas shall not be used in association with numbers and letters.
  • (f) All lines in the drawings shall, ordinarily, be drawn with the aid of drafting instruments.
  • (g) Each element of each figure shall be in proper proportion to each of the other elements in the figure, except where the use of a different proportion is indispensable for the clarity of the figure.
  • (h) The height of the numbers and letters shall not be less than 0.32 cm. For the lettering of drawings, the Latin and, where customary, the Greek alphabets shall be used.
  • (i) The same sheet of drawings may contain several figures. Where figures on two or more sheets form in effect a single complete figure, the figures on the several sheets shall be so arranged that the complete figure can be assembled without concealing any part of any of the figures appearing on the various sheets.
  • (j) The different figures shall be arranged on a sheet or sheets without wasting space, preferably in an upright position, clearly separated from one another. Where the figures are not arranged in an upright position, they shall be presented sideways with the top of the figures at the left side of the sheet.
  • (k) The different figures shall be numbered in Arabic numerals consecutively and independently of the numbering of the sheets.
  • (l) Reference signs not mentioned in the description shall not appear in the drawings, and vice versa.
  • (m) The same features, when denoted by reference signs, shall, throughout the international application, be denoted by the same signs.
  • (n) If the drawings contain a large number of reference signs, it is strongly recommended to attach a separate sheet listing all reference signs and the features denoted by them.

All sheets of drawings must be numbered in the center of either the top or the bottom of each sheet but not in the margin in numbers larger than those used as reference signs in order to avoid confusion with the latter. For drawings, a separate series of page numbers is to be used. The number of each sheet of the drawings must consist of two Arabic numerals separated by an oblique stroke, the first being the sheet number and the second being the total number of sheets of drawings. For example, “2/5” would be used for the second sheet of drawings where there are five in all.

Different figures on the sheets of drawings must be numbered in Arabic numerals consecutively and independently of the numbering of the sheets and, if possible, in the order in which they appear. This numbering should be preceded by the expression “Fig.”
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