> You always have the sense that you're playing a game of legal-mumbo-jumbo performance art more than actually describing an invention.
My first patent was filed a few weeks ago, with consultations with a patent attorney. This is pretty much the highlight of my takeaway as well.
It helps to have a good understanding of the English dictionary and thesaurus to be able to negotiate wording. But yes, it's still mumbo-jumbo. Inventions might be "obvious" to someone else in the trade, but it's hard to say if it's going to be obvious if it isn't described using that trade's mumbo-jumbo instead of Legal mumbo-jumbo.
My first patent was filed a few weeks ago, with consultations with a patent attorney. This is pretty much the highlight of my takeaway as well.
It helps to have a good understanding of the English dictionary and thesaurus to be able to negotiate wording. But yes, it's still mumbo-jumbo. Inventions might be "obvious" to someone else in the trade, but it's hard to say if it's going to be obvious if it isn't described using that trade's mumbo-jumbo instead of Legal mumbo-jumbo.