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