How Terman AI drafts a patent application.

Five steps in the order a practitioner works. At each one, Terman AI prepares a draft and you make the decisions.

Step 1

Describe the invention

Everything later depends on a complete description, so this step takes the most care.

You bring: A disclosure form, notes, slides or a plain description.
Terman AI does: Asks follow-up questions about how the invention works, what varies and what problem it solves, then organizes the answers.
You decide: What is in scope, and what stays out of the application.

Disclosure2 variations captured

How does the lock detect that the shackle has been cut?

YOUA conductive loop runs through the shackle. Cutting it breaks the circuit.

Could the sensor be something other than a conductive loop?

ProblemHow it worksVariationsDrawings

Step 2

Search the prior art

Knowing what exists tells you where the claims can be broad and where they must be narrow.

You bring: The description from step 1.
Terman AI does: Finds earlier patents and publications that are close to the invention and shows how each one compares.
You decide: Which references matter and how to draft around them.

Prior art3 references kept

Cable lock with tamper alarm

Close match

Shows: shackle, housingDoes not show: cut sensor

Padlock with wireless unlocking

Partial match

Shows: paired phoneDoes not show: alert on cutting

Bicycle frame with built-in tracker

Distant

Shows: location alertDoes not show: lock

Step 3

Draft the claims

The claims define what the patent protects. Every other section supports them.

You bring: The description and the prior art you kept.
Terman AI does: Proposes independent claims and the dependent claims beneath them, in standard claim form.
You decide: Claim scope, wording and order. You edit every claim.

ClaimsNo antecedent issues

Claim 1 · independentA bicycle lock, comprising a shackle, a housing, and a sensor that detects when the shackle is cut.

Claim 2 · depends on 1…wherein the sensor sends an alert to a paired phone.

Claim 4 · depends on 2…wherein the alert includes a location.

Claim 3 · depends on 1…wherein the sensor is a conductive loop in the shackle.

Step 4

Write the specification

The specification has to teach the invention and support each term used in the claims.

You bring: The claims you approved.
Terman AI does: Drafts the background, summary and detailed description so that each claim term appears in the text.
You decide: Which embodiments and examples to include.

Specification1 term needs support

[0021]The shackle 102 has a first end and a second end, each received by the housing 104.

[0022]A sensor 106 in the housing detects when the shackle is cut. In one embodiment the sensor is a conductive loop that runs through the shackle.

CLAIM TERMS
shackle [0021]
housing [0021]
sensor [0022]
paired phone Add

Step 5

Assemble the filing package

The pieces come together in the form a practitioner needs for a last review.

You bring: The approved claims and specification.
Terman AI does: Compiles the claims, specification, abstract and drawings into one consistent package and checks that terms and numbering agree.
You decide: Whether the application is ready. You, or your practitioner, submit it through the USPTO’s Patent Center. Terman AI does not submit it for you.

Filing package4 of 5 ready

SpecificationReady
Claims4 claims
Abstract112 words
Drawings3 sheets
Inventor declarationSign before filing

Download filing package

Interface examples are illustrative and use an example invention.

Patent drawings, generated for you.

Terman AI turns your description into technical drawings prepared to USPTO drawing standards, with every part numbered to match your specification.

Black-and-white line drawings, the form the Patent Office requires.
Reference numerals that match the written description, figure by figure.
Sheets sized, margined and numbered for filing.
Every figure is a draft you can review, regenerate or replace.

Drawings

Generate drawings

FIG. 1Perspective view
FIG. 2Exploded view
FIG. 3Sensor circuit

Black line art
Numerals match the description
Margins and sheet numbers

Illustrative interface with an example invention.

Terman AI does not submit the application for you. When it is ready, follow our guide on how to file a patent application online. New to the process? Read what goes into a patent application, or learn why we are called Terman.

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