Barristers & Solicitors
Patent & Trademark Agents

Canadian Patents

Parts of a Patent Application

1. Government application usually including payment;

2. Specification-formal Patent document:

Title
Field of the invention
Background of the invention
Summary of the invention
Brief description of the drawings
Detailed description of the invention or embodiments of the invention
Claims
Abstract

Government forms will vary dramatically from country to country, but a Patent specification will be very similar, if not identical, from country to country or region to region. This will depend upon the actual countries and regions involved and changes to law over time.