Individual Report (25%) Report Length: Approximately 1250 words equivalent (no more than 1500 words). Scenario: You are required to lodge a patent application for one of the inventions listed on the course webpage. Those inventions occurred in the past. Therefore, imagine if you were at that time and were asked to write a patent application. You must write a statement indicating how this invention is new, useful, and innovative. The application should include a title, abstract, description, up to five claims, and CAD drawings. The Task: 1) 2) Read the description of a selected invention that explains the effectiveness, novelty, elegance, and genesis of the product. You may have to do some background research as well, to identify why it is innovative and how it works (its functionality) Write a statement as a part of the patent application. Your statement should include a) b) c) e) Title Abstract (summary of your statement which enables the reader to quickly identify your invention) *Description of the product **Claims (at least 5) *** SolidWorks CAD Drawings * The description must • • • highlight the current issues; if the invention was made as a result of current problems and/or a specific problem that you are going to address with the proposed product describe the features you consider essential in the way that the invention works (i.e. efficiency, novelty, elegancy, and genesis) include specifications (details of each function of the product, e.g. what they consist of, and their positions, use figures/ drawings; use numbers when explaining different parts of the figures; materials to be used in the product/ preferred choice of materials) **Claims are important because they determine the scope of the monopoly given by a patent. The claims must, • be clear and concise • • • distinguish your invention from what is already known (because cannot get a patent for what already exists) set out all the essential technical features of your invention (features for which you wish to get a patent) be consistent with the description. Note: Statements about the advantages of your invention are not suitable as claims. ***The Drawings • • must be created using a SolidWorks model/drawing that you create to scale (or similar software such as AutoCAD, Revit, etc) with well-defined linework. All model and drawing files must be submitted. (Hand drawings are not permitted and Providing a model without a drawing is not sufficient for this assignment. the 3rd Angle orthographic views (front, side, and top) are recommended and isometric views can also be used to help show necessary details. You must provide sufficient views to fully display your design. TOP VIEW LEFT BACK END VIEW FRONT VIEW A. ORTHOGRAPHIC UP RIGHT LEFT FRONT DOWN UTBJ0007 B. THREE-VIEW ISOMETRIC • Do not include any descriptive wording or dimensions on the drawings. • You must label your views with terms such as front, side, or isometric perspective view. • • The drawings should be placed on an A4 page size with a title block stating the scale of the drawing, the author's name, and other necessary details. Landscape or portrait can be used. • All figures must be numbered starting at Figure 1. • • The items referred to in the text must be itemised in the figures starting at Item 1. Shading and cross-hatching can be used to help show a visual feature of your design. Dashed lines can be used to help highlight features on your drawings. What you will be assessed on: Format: Whether you can identify the innovative features of the chosen product Whether you can document the specifications of a product using the appropriate writing style Your engineering drawing skills, and Your general writing skills (i.e whether the writing is clear and concise, correct tense, etc) You should format your patent according to IP Australia guidelines A guide to applying for your patent (Australian Government, IP Australia) – page 17-18 contains an example Before you start have a look at some UniSA patent applications: • Weed seed devitalization arrangement • - Plastic automotive mirrors - (please note this is a US patent therefore the format is different) Additional resources: Australian and overseas patent databases- Patent Cooperation Treaty database - in this database, you can browse actual patent applications Marking Guide Criteria Format & general writing skills • • Well set out, easy to read. Correct paragraphing, spelling, tenses, etc.; concise writing, well expressed; The sections (e.g. description, claims, etc) are in the correct order. (2 points) Acceptable presentation but could be improved, Adequate paragraphing but some spelling or grammatical errors.; Some errors in the order (1 point) . The format is not correct; many spellings or grammatical errors ( 0-1 points) Description • Claims: Very good description provided; materials used are mentioned; functionality of the product is clear and supported by clearly labeled drawings/figures where appropriate. Novelty and efficiency of the product are highlighted (9-10 points) An adequate description is provided and supported by drawings/figures where appropriate. Could include more details of materials used/ novelty/ efficiency of the product (6-8) An average description is provided. Supporting materials used were not clearly labeled/ referred to within the main text. Need more details of functionality/materials used/ novelty/ efficiency of the product (4-5) Description poor; lacks detail and requires more supporting materials (figures/ drawings) (0-3) Marks Feedback /2 /10 /5 • • An appropriate number of claims are provided. Claims are clear and concise and consistent with the description; haven't left out any important features. (5) An appropriate number of claims are provided and consistent with the description, But some claims may be unclear/ too long/ be missing some important features. (3-4) Claims are not appropriate/ poorly stated. Missing important features. (0-2) Abstract: • The Abstract has an appropriate length. Readers can quickly identify the features of the invention by reading this abstract. (2) Abstract can be improved; abstract omits some important features/ information or is too long. (1) • Poor abstract; difficult to understand; lacks detail/too much detail. (0-1) Drawings: • • The drawings are to scale and without any descriptions or dimensions. Appropriate views are used to clearly show the invention. A title block is used to state relevant information. Each figure is numbered (starting at 1) and labeled with view type. All items described in the description are identified on the drawing with an item number and leader (starting at 1). (5-6) The drawings could be improved to help clarify the design, match the description and meet the requirements of the drawings. (3-4) The drawings lack detail to help explain the invention and do not meet the drawing requirements. Drawings may not have been created with CAD or the source model files are not included with the submission. (0-2) 12 /6