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