| Element | Patent Strategy | Patent Search | Outside Council | Approve Filing |
| Patent Law | Narrow Claims | Prior Art | Inventor | Provisional Patent Application |
| Doctrine of Equivalents | Detail and Defense | PATENT BINGO (free square) | Commercial Value | Build Defense |
| Reasonable Scope | Invention | USPTO | File the Patent | Abandon |
| System Claim | Algorithm | Non-Provisional Patent | Claim | Office Actions |