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