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