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