Requirements & Rules
How to Check Patent Drawing Compliance Before Filing
A practical pre-filing compliance check for patent drawings: sheet, lines, numerals, views, formats, export. Per-office quirks for USPTO, EPO, PCT, CNIPA, JPO, KIPO.
Requirements & Rules
Patent Drawing Margin Rules: USPTO, EPO, PCT, CNIPA, JPO, KIPO
Sheet size, top, bottom, left, and right margin requirements for patent drawings across USPTO, EPO, PCT, CNIPA, JPO, and KIPO, with a practical pre-export check.
Requirements & Rules
Patent Figure DPI Requirements: 300, 600, and When Vector Wins
What DPI patent offices actually expect, when raster is acceptable, and how to export TIFF and PDF figures that survive USPTO and PCT scanning without quality loss.
Cost & Buying
Patent Illustrator vs AI Software: Cost, Quality, and When to Use Each
Compare AI patent illustration software with traditional patent illustrator services on cost per figure, turnaround time, quality, and when each option fits.
Workflows & How-to
Photo to Patent Drawing AI: A Practical Workflow
Turn product photos into patent-style line art: photo prep, AI line extraction, what AI invents and what it loses, and the cleanup steps before filing.
Workflows & How-to
Sketch to Patent Figure: Turning Inventor Notes Into Filing-Ready Drawings
Convert hand-drawn inventor sketches into patent figures: scanning tips, AI line-art extraction, when to redraw, and what gets lost between a napkin and a USPTO submission.