Abfassen von Patentanmeldungen Preparation of patent applications in collaboration with the client Presentation of the invention by the client/inventor, for example with a brief description, sketches, plans and/or keyword comments. Discussion with the patent attorney. Drafting of an application by the patent attorney. As a rule within a few days or one or two weeks. The application represents a concise representation of a disclosure of the invention (with claims, description, drawings); as a rule with generalization of the originally presented invention. Checking of the draft by the client – revision if necessary. The application is filed in the version approved by the client (It is usually filed at the European Patent Office EPO). Translation of the application into English for subsequent applications in countries which are not signatories to the European Patent Convention EPC (Switzerland is a signatory to the EPC; Norway, for example, is not). back