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Three requirements for a patent application:

1.      Unity of Invention: Only one invention, or collective group for a single concept, is allowed to be on an application

2.      Disclosure: The instructions and details should allow an ordinary worker in the field to be able to make the product

3.      Claims: There must be discussion of the patent’s scope of protection within the application as well.

Sections of a patent application:

1.      Title of the invention and statement of the field of the invention

2.      Background of the invention

3.      Summary of the invention

4.      Description of drawings and embodiments of the invention

5.      Description of how the invention works

6.      Claims defining the patent’s scope

7.      Abstract

The time it takes to apply for a receive a patent, in the US, can be anywhere from two to three years. Internationally, patents which are filed can take a year and a half to get through the international examination, at which point one can then apply in different countries, which each have their own time frame of patent applications. So, for example, if someone were to file an international patent then apply it to the United States, the process would be a year and a half internationally, then another two to three years in the United States, meaning that it would be a total of three and a half to four and a half years for the patent application process.

Filing an international patent will cost over $4,000 USD for all of the fees, if going through the US as the International Search Authority (ISA).